Trump To Sign Order To Pay DHS Employees Hit By Shutdown

President Trump intends to sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks. After nearly 7 weeks of a partial government shutdown, the president said DHS workers and their families “have suffered far too long” and he’s going to bypass Congress, even as GOP leaders are working on a plan to fund the department. The president made a similar move last week to resume pay for TSA employees. His latest intervention is expected to apply to other non-law enforcement employees within Homeland Security, including FEMA and the U.S. Coast Guard and support staff.