As the government shutdown inflicts pain on federal workers, Republicans have promised to ease the financial blow for men and women in uniform.
“Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait,” the Office of Management and Budget posted on X this week, drawing a contrast with its plans for mass layoffs at other departments.
FBI Director Kash Patel, for example, pledged that his “special agents will keep getting paid,” following a similar announcement last week about the military.
