Overview
- OMB said it assembled $5.3 billion to fund the Oct. 31 payroll, including $2.5 billion from a housing-linked account in the One Big Beautiful Bill and $1.4 billion each from Pentagon procurement and research and development.
- The Pentagon and OMB confirmed service members were paid Friday as the government shutdown reached its 31st day.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cautioned the ad hoc transfers are unsustainable and said troops could go unpaid on Nov. 15 if Congress does not resolve the stalemate.
- A $130 million private check, reported to be from Timothy Mellon, was accepted earlier, prompting experts to question whether such donations can legally be used for payroll without an appropriation.
- Military families report mounting financial and mental strain, with canceled reserve drills cutting income and nonprofits seeing surging demand for emergency groceries as SNAP funding tightens in early November.