Kristi Noem says Coast Guard members will get paid during shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security found an "innovative solution" to ensure Coast Guard personnel get paid. Most federal workers aren't receiving paychecks.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday evening that despite the government shutdown, Coast Guard service members will get their paychecks this week.

Noem said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Coast Guard, found an "innovative" way to provide the money. The announcement came two days after President Donald Trump said he would direct the Defense Department to pay military members Wednesday, even though the majority of government workers are not getting paid during the federal funding lapse.

“President Trump did not want any of our military to go without pay as a result of Democrats’ political theater, and we at DHS worked out an innovative solution to make sure that didn’t happen,” Noem said on X.

Asked for details about the “innovative solution” or where the funding would come from, a DHS spokesperson did not provide any new information and instead referred NBC News to the text of Noem's social media post.

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