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Does Trump have the authority to pay TSA workers amid DHS shutdown?

Mar 31, 2026Center Right

Transportation Security Administration employees received their first paychecks on Monday following a Thursday directive from President Donald Trump ordering that they be paid during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. The move has sparked debate over whether the president can authorize pay without congressional approval, given that the…

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