Trump signs executive order ensuring TSA workers are paid during DHS shutdown

Trump signs order to pay TSA agents Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich and Madison Scarpino join ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to break down the DHS shutdown, TSA agents being paid and the debate surrounding ICE reform. Rep. Andy Briggs, R-Ariz., comments on the mass delays at airports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald … Read more

TSA workers, unpaid for a month, turn to food banks, family and friends: ‘It’s demoralizing’

They took on extra jobs, hit the food banks, begged their families for money, and even sold their blood to pay their bills. Now, after working without pay for a month, an ever-increasing number of Transportation Security Administration workers have been calling out of work even though they are legally required to continue manning airport … Read more

A year after Trump’s DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended question what was saved

WASHINGTON — Thea Price anticipated changes under the second Trump administration, but she never expected her life to be thrown into such disarray. Along with the 300 other employees of the United States Institute of Peace, Price was fired, rehired and then fired again as part of President Donald Trump’s crusade to shrink the federal … Read more

Trump says he will sign order to pay TSA workers following weeks of long lines

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White House turns down Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown

The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to fund pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News.  The suggestion was taken seriously by Trump administration officials, but there could be legal challenges for Musk to cover the pay, … Read more

TSA warns shutdown is forcing some workers to draw blood to pay for gas

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are selling their blood plasma to make ends meet as the 38-day Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told reporters Tuesday. “We got folks sleeping in cars,” Stahl told reporters at Washington’s Reagan National … Read more

Airport delays worsen as Congress fails to pass DHS funding bill that would pay TSA workers

Airport delays continue to worsen as a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance in the Senate Friday. Officials have warned that some smaller airports could be forced to close due to staffing shortages, and wait times aren’t expected to improve until government funding is restored and TSA officers receive paychecks. Democrats declined to … Read more

As airport delays persist, travelers and TSA workers call for end to shutdown:

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