Senate offices were warned that email correspondence with this government branch may have been exposed, and can be used against them.

“We should not have had people leaving their jobs,” Trump said during a Fox News interview on Monday night about the proposal. 

The government shutdown continues into a record-breaking number of days as Democrats refuse to pass a continuing resolution.

Pollsters are saying that the Democrat shutdown and it's threatening of SNAP funds is absolutely backfiring on Democrats.

“Trump is continuing to make good on his promise to take care of the troops despite the fact Democrats have shut down the government."

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"Part of what they want is to add this kind of stuff back into the bill. That is what this fight is all about."

Trump said his administration has identified funding to pay the 1.3 million active duty troops expected to miss their next paycheck.

The Trump administration is using the ongoing government shutdown as an opportunity to cut massive amounts of Democrat waste in government.

Some 1.3 million active-duty troops are likely to miss their first paycheck as the funding lapse drags on through next week.