Overview

• President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel said FBI special agents continue to receive pay during the shutdown.
• The Defense Department redirected about $8 billion in unobligated research and development funds to cover service member pay.
• Homeland Security said it will use money tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to ensure Coast Guard members do not miss paychecks this week.
• Internal messages reviewed by Reuters show CBP reclassifying Air and Marine Agents, Border Patrol Agents and CBP Officers as exempt so they can be paid, with the funding source not yet clear.
• TSA informed federal air marshals they will be paid, as unions warn many other federal employees remain unpaid and a judge has temporarily blocked planned shutdown-era layoffs.