President Trump has ordered 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.
Several US airports advised travelers on Saturday to arrive at least four hours before their flights because of long security lines even after President Donald Trump said Transportation Security Administration workers would be paid by tapping funds from his 2025 tax and spending bill.
It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
President Trump signed an emergency order to pay TSA as a potential deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security fell apart. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
President Trump announced Thursday that he would sign an order to circumvent Congress and restore pay for TSA workers.Why it matters: The maneuver could help ease widespread delays and disruptions at U.S. airports that have threatened to raise voter ire. It also undermines efforts to strike a deal in the Senate to end the DHS shutdown, now well into its…
Order comes after House Republicans rejected a Senate‑passed deal to fund key DHS subagencies, including the TSASign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump signed an executive order Friday instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as…
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Thursday evening.
With feeble Senate Republican leadership being outfoxed at every turn by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), President Donald J. Trump took matters into his own hands on…
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order authorizing pay for TSA agents amid the Schumer shutdown. The post JUST IN: President Trump Signs Executive Order Authorizing Pay for TSA Amid Schumer Shutdown appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
"Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!"
