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Trump Signs Memo Ordering Paychecks for TSA Workers
Trump ordered DHS to find funds linked to TSA operations to pay 60,000 workers after six weeks without pay, aiming to prevent airport disruptions amid the shutdown.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay Transportation Security Administration employees, citing an "unprecedented emergency" at airports to circumvent a stalled congressional funding deal.
- The partial government shutdown has exceeded six weeks, leaving roughly 60,000 TSA staff unpaid due to congressional disagreements over funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration operations.
- Nearly 500 officers have quit while nationwide call-out rates reached 11%, and union representatives warned colleagues are reaching a "breaking point" amid the second lengthy shutdown in six months.
- The Department of Homeland Security confirmed paychecks will arrive as early as Monday, March 30, using funds from the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, though Rep. Rosa DeLauro argued the administration "made the conscious decision" to delay payment for 41 days.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the Senate-passed measure, proposing instead a 60-day continuing resolution, while other Department of Homeland Security staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue working without pay.
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With the Congressional debate on the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now likely extending for at least several more days, President Donald Trump issued a promised executive action on Friday for employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to be paid immediately.
TSA Agents Could Soon Get Paid. Will It End the Airport Crisis?
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who have been working without wages during the ongoing partial government shutdown could get paid as soon as Monday, at the order of President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to TIME.“Today, at the direction of President Trump and the Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, TSA has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce,” a DHS spokesper…
Skipped meals, eviction notices and repo’d cars: TSA workers desperately await checks after Trump and Senate push for funding
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Galgano, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Tatiana Finlay was forced to borrow gas money from her 15-year-old daughter. This week, she began rationing food so her three children could eat. “I’ve been skipping meals just hoping to stretch that dollar, because I want to make sure that they have the food,” said Finlay. So she is often hungry when she arrives at the Orlando International Airport, where she works alongside…
Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Workers
President Trump is stepping around Congress to get airport security workers paid. He signed a directive on Friday ordering the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA employees, reports the Wall Street Journal . Details were not immediately clear on when the money would move. Technically, Trump doesn't appear to have...
Trump signs memo to pay TSA workers as Congress deadlocks over funding
President Trump is ordering Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to find funds to pay Transportation Security Administration workers while a partial shutdown of government operations continues due to bickering in Congress.
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