Elon Musk Offers to Fund TSA Salaries as Shutdown Disrupts Airports

Elon Musk Offers to Fund TSA Salaries as Shutdown Disrupts Airports

WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Elon Musk says he is willing to pay the salaries of Transportation Security Administration workers during a prolonged Homeland Security shutdown, as President Donald Trump suggested deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at airports to keep operations moving. The Transportation Security Administration, which screens more than 2.5 million passengers a day, has […]

Musk Offers to Fund TSA as Trump Considers ICE at Airports

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to pay the salaries of Transportation Security Administration agents during the ongoing Homeland Security funding lapse, as President Donald Trump suggested deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to airports. Musk said he would cover TSA payroll costs during the shutdown, which has disrupted travel nationwide and strained airport operations. Based on TSA staffing levels, the o…

Replacing TSA With ICE Agents Sparks Confusion as Shutdown Drives Record Security Lines - The Bulkhead Seat

As the partial government shutdown drags on, mounting staffing shortages at airport security checkpoints are creating widespread disruption across the United States. With Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working without pay, absentee rates have surged. This has led to some of the longest airport security lines seen in years. In some locations, more than half of TSA officers have called in sick on certain days and caused line…