Travelers continue to face long lines at airports across the U.S. due to the partial government shutdown affecting TSA agents. Congress is deadlocked over Democrats’ demands for immigration changes, and as a result, TSA employees missed their first full paycheck on Friday. Since the start of the funding lapse, more than 300 TSA employees have … Read more
ATLANTA — Long security lines snaked through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, frustrating some weary travelers as they waited to reach their checkpoints. The crowds formed just days after TSA agents missed their first full paycheck as the Department of Homeland Security continues to go without funding. At Atlanta’s airport, … Read more
A ground stop rippled across the air-traffic system and prompted a scramble among passengers. Source link
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained exclusively by CBS News. TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at … Read more
Airline passengers in some of the United States’ largest airports are seeing long security lines amid the ongoing partial government shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security. As Kris Van Cleave reports, more TSA employees are calling out sick as they work without pay. Source link
Travelers caught in middle of DHS funding fight as shutdown leads to hours-long delays at airports – CBS News Watch CBS News The partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security is causing delays at airports nationwide. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has more from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Source … Read more
Travel delays plague U.S. airports as partial government shutdown lingers – CBS News Watch CBS News The partial government shutdown is causing major travel delays across the U.S. as TSA struggles with staffing shortages. CBS News’ Elaine Quijano has more. Source link
Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston early … Read more
Airline passengers faced long security lines that took hours to get through in New Orleans and Houston on Sunday, as the Transportation Security Administration deals with continued absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents have been working without pay since the start of the partial shutdown, which … Read more
Air travel chaos intensified Monday as the war with Iran stretched into a third day — keeping airspace and airports in the Middle East closed and leaving travelers stranded. Tourists, business travelers and religious pilgrims found themselves stuck unexpectedly in hotels, airports and on cruise ships, with no word on when many airports would reopen or … Read more