Trump Directs Officials to Pay All D.H.S. Employees NYT | Top Stories Zolan Kanno-Youngs 4 April 2026 at 10:55 The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long shutdown. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Trump had hinted that he would sign an order calling for Department of Homeland Security employees to be paid.