10% of TSA workers call out sick amid shutdown – CBS News Watch CBS News More than 10% of all TSA workers called out sick on Wednesday, causing significant delays at airports across the U.S. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with the latest. Source link
Washington — A group of senators met with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday as negotiators continue to seek an agreement to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement and end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. More than a month into the funding lapse, the meeting marked a key development as progress to date … Read more
WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Homeland Security Department shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are sounding the alarm about the costs of a prolonged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown as the funding lapse drags on with no end in sight. The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday examining the security risks and financial … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, lambasted his Democratic colleagues for blaming Republicans for the partial government shutdown during a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, calling their behavior “disgusting” and “disgraceful.” Moreno used his allotted time during Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation hearing for the Department of Homeland Security … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Democrats are set to grill Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, his first hurdle to becoming the next Homeland Security chief. Mullin’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House is digging in against congressional Democrats, revealing several compromises the administration has been willing to make on immigration enforcement in order to end the government shutdown. In a letter from a White House official obtained by Fox News Digital, the administration laid out five … Read more
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, according to several U.S. officials and a department spokesperson. “Military members received their latest paycheck last week. USCG civilian workforce is not receiving paychecks,” the spokesperson said … Read more
ATLANTA — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month. The disruptions come at an already challenging time for air travel, in part because the shutdown that … Read more
TSA worker explains decision to quit amid DHS shutdown: “My family had to come first” – CBS News Watch CBS News TSA sick calls have more than tripled during the DHS shutdown, just as the nation’s airlines expect a record 171 million flyers for spring break. Kris Van Cleave spoke to a TSA worker who … Read more