NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., survived a key test vote on Sunday on his way to becoming the next Homeland Security chief. Mullin, who was tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Department of Homeland Security secretary, still has one more vote to go, and likely … Read more
Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. The charity World Central Kitchen, more accustomed to feeding those in war zones and disaster areas, started providing meals … Read more
More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown began on Feb. 14 that has left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said. Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on. Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural … Read more
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
Amid an ongoing standoff between Senate Republicans and Democrats over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send Immigrations and Customs Enforcements agents to airports around the U.S. “If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, … Read more
Senate vote fails to fund Homeland Security Department as shutdown drags on – CBS News Watch CBS News Another attempt to end the partial government shutdown failed on Friday after 35 days at a standstill. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Long airport lines and rising concerns about threats at home weren’t enough to stop Senate Democrats from blocking Homeland Security funding again Friday. It’s the fifth time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans have tried to reopen the agency. The latest failed attempt comes … Read more
Delays at major U.S. airports across the country persist as Transportation Security Administration officers continue to work without pay and call-outs mount as the partial government shutdown drags on. “I think it’s ridiculous they need to open the government back up, it’s time,” Colin McDonald, a traveler at Philadelphia International Airport, said. Travelers and TSA … Read more