During shutdown, Trump paid troops, FBI agents, sworn ICE/CBP/Secret Service. Which federal workers were NOT paid?
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Trump and OMB Director Russell Vought used reconciliation law appropriations to continue paying military personnel, FBI agents, and 70,000 sworn DHS law enforcement officers (ICE agents, Border Patrol...
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