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DHS will be "adequately staffed" after the shutdown, Markwayne Mullin says, though he warns the ongoing shutdown could have significant mission impacts.
Over a dozen airports are insulated from the shutdown because they use private contractors instead of federal TSA employees.
The Department of Homeland Security is using discretionary funding to continue paying active-duty U.S. Coast Guard personnel during the department's ongoing shutdown, even as civilian employees remain unpaid.
ROMULUS, MI - Security operations remain normal at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, despite an ongoing federal shutdown that has again suspended pay for TSA employees. An ongoing fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security has paused pay for Transportation Security Administration workers,
The CEOs of United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and other companies called for Congress to pass acts protecting TSA workers during shutdowns.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said just over 10% of Transportation Security Administration airport security officers on Sunday did not show up for work as a partial government shutdown stretches to 30 days,
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TSA union leader calls DHS funding shutdown a ‘double-edged sword’ as agents work without pay
George Borek, an Atlanta TSA Officer and union steward, explains the severe impact of the government shutdown on TSA operations, revealing 366 agents have quit in the last month and 36% called out at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday.
Republicans are seizing on reportedly long airport lines to target Georgia Democrats amid the partial government shutdown.