US EditionTrump Urges 61,000 TSA Workers to Keep Clocking In Amid Shutdown
President Trump urged 61,000 TSA workers to clock in despite missed paychecks during a partial DHS shutdown causing long airport security lines and rising absences.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump urged roughly 61,000 TSA workers on Truth Social to keep reporting for duty despite missed paychecks.
- The partial DHS shutdown has recurred in recent months, leaving TSA employees unpaid for nearly half of fiscal year 2026 workdays and forcing many to take second jobs or face eviction.
- On Friday, March 13, internal TSA data show more than 300 TSA officers quit and absences doubled, while queues at John F Kennedy International Airport stretched to two hours.
- On March 15, President Donald Trump thanked TSA agents on Truth Social and blamed 'Radical Left Democrats' for the lack of pay, urging them to continue working.
- Airline CEOs urged Congress to immediately fund DHS to ease long lines and unpaid frontline staff, while union leaders warned the situation has reached a breaking point and Todd Hauptli expects worsening conditions.
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President Trump thanked the TSA agents for going to work but “not getting paid” in the middle of the government’s partial closure, which has caused many agents to resign and the absences to double. On Saturday, Mr. Trump blamed the radical left on a social media post for refusing to “comply with the agreement that was approved and voted in Congress.” He directed part of the publication to the TSA agents and said: “Keep fighting for the US! WORK!…
Trump Tells 61,000 Unpaid TSA Workers to 'Go to Work' While Gold Bars Were Carted Around the White House
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to urge roughly 61,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers to keep showing up to their posts — even as they went without their first full paycheque amid a partial government shutdown that has now stretched close to a month. In the post, Trump acknowledged that TSA agents are 'going to work but not being paid,' before directing them to clock in regardless.
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The Independent (US)Trump tells unpaid TSA staff ‘GO TO WORK’ during DHS shutdown
The president thanked TSA agents who are still going to work as he railed against ‘Radical Left Democrats’
Why are TSA workers missing paychecks during the DHS shutdown?
Pay halted as funding lapse continues A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has left several agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration, without appropriated funds to operate normally. As a result, many TSA officers have reached a point where they are set to…
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