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Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding
President Trump directs DHS to use existing funds to pay TSA employees after a 42-day funding lapse caused staffing shortages and long security lines at major U.S. airports.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to pay Transportation Security Administration employees, including back pay and current paychecks, amid a six-week funding lapse.
- House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed funding bill, leaving the impasse in its 42nd day; Democrats refuse to fund Immigration Enforcement without clear limits on ICE agents.
- Nearly 500 TSA Agents have resigned during the shutdown, with absenteeism rates exceeding 40%, resulting in security wait times exceeding three hours at major airports nationwide.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said TSA Agents should begin receiving paychecks as early as Monday; American Federation of Government Employees president Everett Kelley urged Congress to pass a permanent funding deal.
- While ICE operations remain funded through a prior $75 billion tax package, House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks a funding extension until May 22, highlighting persistent political divisions over departmental priorities.
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Trump signs executive action to pay TSA workers after Congress deadlocks on DHS funding
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same stalled in Congress.
·Springfield, United States
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