ATLANTA — Regardless of politics or destination, passengers at Atlanta’s airport were unified by one desire Saturday — it’s time to pay Transportation Security Administration employees. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — one of the world’s busiest airports — is a machine for moving people. But the shutdown is clogging TSA checkpoints that screen passengers and … Read more
The Justice Department on Friday moved to dismiss its criminal case against two former Louisville police officers who were facing civil rights charges in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. In a court filing Friday, lawyers from the Civil Rights Division said they are seeking to dismiss the pending case against Joshua Jaynes … Read more
The World Central Kitchen initiative is feeding TSA officers in Baltimore, Maryland, amid a partial government shutdown impacting thousands of Americans. Naomie Germain, a distribution manager for World Central Kitchen, joins CBS News with more. Source link
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TSA workers missed their first full paycheck last week as parts of the Department of Homeland Security remain unfunded, and more are calling out sick. CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has more from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Source link
More than 40% of TSA officers called out of work on Tuesday at an airport in Houston – one of three major airports in the U.S. where over a third of workers called out that day. The workers aren’t getting paid, leading to a spike in call-out rates, as a partial government shutdown over a … Read more
Scenes of airport security lines spilling out of terminals may be adding a new layer of stress for travelers as the busy spring break season unfolds. Some airports have seen wait times stretch well past an hour. In recent days, passengers reported waiting up to two hours in line at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, while … Read more
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the agency is concerned about the growing number of sick calls among TSA officers, which is leading to long security lines at airports across the country. “If the call rate does climb, there could be scenarios where we may have to shut down airports,” he told CBS News. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a 2025 “ambush” attack on an ICE detention facility in North Texas. Their verdict was delivered around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth following roughly a … Read more
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