- First Lady Melania Trump reportedly flew to Florida on a US military jet, hours after President Donald Trump canceled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's military flight because of the government shutdown .
- On Thursday, Trump scrapped Pelosi's trip to Afghanistan "in light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay."
- NBC News said Melania Trump flew from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
- The federal government shutdown is in its 28th day. No federal workers have received paychecks since the closure started on December 22.
First Lady Melania Trump reportedly chartered a military plane to Florida on the same day President Donald Trump canceled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to save government money.