Travelers caught in middle of DHS funding fight as shutdown leads to hours-long delays at airports

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

Travelers encounter long waits at some airports as DHS shutdown affects security checkpoints

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

Long security lines at Houston, New Orleans airports as DHS funding affects TSA staffing

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 intensifies as airports remain closed, flights canceled amid Iran war

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

DHS shutdown triggers TSA ‘emergency measures’ as lawmaker warns airports could feel economic pain

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is taking emergency measures amid a partial DHS shutdown that dragged on for another week, as a top lawmaker who oversees transportation warned of potential economic fallout at airports. While Democrats have held up funding for DHS, their intended target — ICE … Read more