TSA officers finally get paid amid ongoing Homeland Security shutdown

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 489

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Most Transportation Security Administration officers received a paycheck Monday covering four weeks of back wages that were held up by the funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security, a TSA spokesperson said.

The lack of pay had produced long wait lines for security checks at some of the nation’s busiest airports after TSA officers quit or called out sick.

The 45-day partial government shutdown of DHS remains ongoing — with each chamber of Congress, both led …

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