Senior political appointees chosen by the president including Cabinet officials, top administrators and the vice president will reportedly see their pay raise by around $10,000 per year on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown.

The Washington Post reported that accumulated pay raises for top officials affected by a longstanding Washington pay freeze will go into effect on Saturday without legislation to stop them, citing documents from the Office of Personnel Management and federal pay experts.

The Post reported that the raises were the unintended result of the deadlock over government funding as President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border dragged the shutdown fight into its 14th day on Friday as about one-fourth of the federal government remains shut down by a lack of funding.

The president is set to meet with congressional leaders again Friday, his first meeting with Democrats since the party assumed the House majority on Thursday.