US EditionTSA workers set to miss first paycheck with no end to shutdown in sight
About 50,000 TSA agents continue working unpaid amid DHS shutdown, causing staffing shortages and long security lines at major U.S. airports, officials said.
- On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Transportation Security Administration officers continued working without pay as TSA wait times climbed nationwide, clogging airport security lines.
- Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed in mid-February after Democratic lawmakers pressed for immigration enforcement changes, and Congress completed 11 of 12 appropriations bills this year except the DHS measure.
- Major hubs and airport dashboards show variable waits, with the MyTSA mobile app reporting times up to 30 minutes and Houston's secondary airport facing lines over three hours.
- Travelers are being urged to arrive earlier—TSA recommends two hours for domestic and three for international flights—and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges Congress to quickly fund DHS to ease system strain.
- With the impasse entering its fourth week, Senate negotiators say offers have been exchanged but progress stalled, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the last White House offer came nearly two weeks ago.
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Trump demands TSA employees work unpaid – and issues ‘promise’ for those who do
Just hours after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers missed their first full paycheck amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to demand that they “go to work” regardless, issuing those who do a “promise” to repay their dedicat...
US partial shutdown leaves airport workers unpaid, airports turn to donations
On Friday, March 13, the US airport security officers missed their full paychecks as partial shutdown continues to stretch and approached one-month mark. Since the shutdown began, there has been no breakthrough in the congressional standoff that has now started to disrupt travel across the country.
TSA workers grapple with loss of first paycheck: ‘I don’t want to depend on anybody else’
A father and Transportation Security Administration officer said he “crumbled” when one of his children asked whether he needed money in the wake of the nearly four-week-long government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
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