US EditionMissed Paychecks and Airport Delays: What Spring Break Travelers Need to Know
Senators prepare to vote on a GOP plan funding 94% of DHS but excluding ICE enforcement amid a 41-day shutdown causing 11% TSA callout rates and airport disruptions.
- Senators plan to vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to fund the Transportation Security Administration and 94% of the Department of Homeland Security, excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
- The 41-day funding stalemate persists as Democrats withhold support, demanding guardrails on ICE agents including judicial warrants and mask bans that the GOP proposal excludes.
- Testifying Wednesday, acting TSA administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill reported daily callout rates reached 11% nationwide, more than 480 officers quit, and assaults surged more than 500%.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday that if Democrats put a "more realistic offer on the table, we'll be back in business" as lawmakers face recess pressure.
- President Donald Trump warned, "They need to end the shutdown immediately, or we'll have to take some very drastic measures," hinting at potential National Guard deployment to airports.
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Missed paychecks, airport delays: Pressure mounts on Congress to end shutdown
Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown that has resulted in travel disruptions, missed paychecks and even warnings of airport closures, but lawmakers have yet to resolve the underlying issue of reining in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations. Senators intend to vote Thursday on a Republican proposal that would fund the Transportation Security Administration and much of the Department of Homeland Secur…
Pressure mounts on Congress to end shutdown
WASHINGTON — Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown that has resulted in travel disruptions, missed paychecks and even warnings of airport closures, but lawmakers have yet to resolve the underlying issue of reining in President Donald…
Pressure mounts on Congress to end the funding shutdown as long TSA lines continue
Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown that’s resulted in travel disruptions, missed paychecks and even warnings of airport closures, but lawmakers have yet to resolve the underlying issue of reining in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
Passengers pack airport security lines as US Senate remains snarled over DHS shutdown • Oklahoma Voice
People wait in long security lines at LaGuardia Airport on March 25, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. Travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents have quit or are working without pay during a partial government shutdown. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. senators showed no movement Wednesday toward a deal to end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, despite the problems it’s causing for t…
Pressure mounts on Congress to end funding shutdown
WASHINGTON — Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown that’s resulted in travel disruptions, missed paychecks and even warnings of airport closures, but lawmakers have yet to resolve the underlying issue of reining in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
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