The announcement comes as the Senate has repeatedly failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration.
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…
President announces forthcoming executive order to have DHS pay TSA agents during shutdown, citing airport chaos and blaming Democrats in a Truth Social post.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order to restart pay for TSA officers, who have gone more than a month without a full paycheck.
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Thursday evening.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he will sign an executive order to pay thousands of Transportation Security Administration workers after negotiations over Department of Homeland Security funding stalled out. “Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our…
President Trump on Thursday directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration officers amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.
President Donald Trump said he would sign an order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers in a bid to alleviate disruptions at US airports with lawmakers in Congress deadlocked on how to end a partial government shutdown.
The plan is reminiscent of efforts by the White House to fund favored agencies during last fall’s government shutdown.
President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents, with an intensifying crisis at airports ahead of a busy travel weekend.
