Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds on Congress to end shutdown

JD Vance (Nathan Howard/The New York Times via AP)

Vice president JD Vance said that he believes US military members will be paid at the end of the week, but did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding in the second-longest government shutdown.

The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans.