Pay Tsa

• President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA agents after House Republicans blocked the Senate's funding plan for the agency. • The partial government shutdown has caused widespread disruptions at airports across the country, with long security lines and traveler frustrations continuing nationwide. • The executive action represents an attempt to maintain airport security operations while funding negotiations continue between Congress and the White House.

Order comes after House Republicans rejected a Senate‑passed deal to fund key DHS subagencies, including the TSASign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump signed an executive order Friday instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as the partial shutdown drags on.Negotiations on Capitol Hill remain stalled after House Republicans rejected a Senate‑passed deal to fund key DHS subagencies, including the TSA. After first announcing on Truth Social that he would pay more than 60,000 airport security workers – without explaining where the money would come from – the president issued the order. Continue reading...

• President Trump announced on Thursday he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents unpaid for weeks due to the ongoing homeland security funding impasse in the Senate. • The administration plans to redirect funds from last year's tax cut and domestic policy law to the Department of Homeland Security, per two anonymous officials familiar with the plan. • The move addresses intensifying airport chaos caused by Democrat-refused funding unless tied to open border policies, highlighting partisan divides over immigration enforcement.

President says order will ‘address this Emergency Situation’ as TSA employees have gone without pay during disputeDonald Trump announced Thursday he will sign an order instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay Transportation Security Administration agents immediately.“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports,” Trump wrote on social media. “I want to thank our hardworking TSA Agents and also, ICE, for the incredible help they have given us at the Airports.” Continue reading...

Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absencesThe CEOs of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay, warning it could further disrupt US air travel.Absences by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers had already disrupted travel at some major airports over the previous week, raising alarm as the busy spring break travel season continues. Continue reading...