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Taylor Desert, a TSA agent, checks in to pick up groceries at Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

TSA officers describe tears, tough choices and dwindling savings from working without pay

March 25, 2026 at 8:44 a.m.

A dispute in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security has held up their salaries since mid-February. With monthly bills coming due, many of these federal employees, who screen...

Air travelers endure long lines and two-hour wait times at the TSA security check point at Terminal E at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport Friday, March 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

TSA officers are quitting as a funding standoff forces them to staff airports without pay

March 20, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

The public is experiencing the consequences in long wait times at some airports as more TSA officers take time off to earn money on the side or cut back on...

Passengers are directed through a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Where will TSA lines be the longest tomorrow? During a shutdown, nobody knows.

March 19, 2026 at 2:11 p.m.

The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department, with the daily attendance of Transportation Security Administration officers...

Jamie Sims left, and Carlos Serna, right, try to get some rest as they wait for their cancelled flight to El Paso, texas to be rescheduled at Love Field Airport in Dallas on March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east

March 17, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

Travel disruptions continued Tuesday in the U.S. as airlines worked to recover from a powerful storm system that had already snarled flight schedules a day earlier.

Travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown

March 16, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security...

FILE – An airplane is refueled at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash., on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Jet fuel prices are rising. That could make summer flights more expensive.

March 14, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches.

A Covenant Aviation Security Private Security Services patch is shown on an agent at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

As another shutdown impacts travelers, some see eliminating TSA agents as a solution

March 11, 2026 at 9:03 a.m.

Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown...

People walk out of the terminal upon their arrival from Amman, Jordan at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Americans stuck in the Middle East recount finding their way home with little government help

March 6, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

U.S. citizens described frustrations and growing fear as they encountered closed airports, canceled flights and alarming U.S. government guidance while Poland, Australia, France and other countries more quickly dispatched military...

The FAA Air Traffic Control tower at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), in the Queens borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

US audit finds gaps in the FAA’s oversight of United Airlines maintenance

February 20, 2026 at 7:14 p.m.

The ability of federal safety regulators to oversee airplane maintenance at United Airlines has been hindered by inadequate staffing, high employee turnover and the improper use of virtual inspections instead...

FILE – Travelers wait at a TSA security checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Nov. 30, 2025, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown

February 14, 2026 at 11:42 a.m.

A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country.

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