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Nearly 500 airport security staff quit as DHS shutdown hits nearly six weeks with no end in sight – US politics live

Mar 26, 2026Center Left

Negotiations to end funding standoff sparked by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown fail to find a breakthroughSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.There was no breakthrough in talk to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday as the shutdown extends to almost six weeks with no…

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Mar 25, 2026

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Record airport security lines among long list of DHS shutdown impacts

With the current partial shutdown and the record 43-day governmentwide shutdown last fall, most DHS employees have gone without pay for half the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

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Why larger airports suffer more during the DHS shutdown

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Mar 25, 2026

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Why larger airports suffer more during the DHS shutdown

Large airports are bearing the brunt of the partial government shutdown, as soaring absentee rates among Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers strain security operations and drive long lines at major hubs. Call-out rates for TSA officers have surged nationwide as the shutdown stretches into its fifth week, with little sign of meaningful…

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DHS shutdown breakthrough comes at cost for Republicans as funding fights nears end

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Mar 26, 2026

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DHS shutdown breakthrough comes at cost for Republicans as funding fights nears end

Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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Breitbart News

Mar 25, 2026

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Fetterman on Reconciliation Bill to End DHS Shutdown: I Won't Be Part of Airport 'Mess'

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) responded to a question on whether he’ll vote in favor of a reconciliation bill to end the DHS shutdown by saying that he won’t be part The post Fetterman on Reconciliation Bill to End DHS Shutdown: I Won’t Be Part of Airport ‘Mess’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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