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Paychecks and passengers at US airports start moving

Paychecks and passengers at US airports start moving

Congestion at US airports is expected to ease this week after President Donald Trump ordered security officers be paid despite a partial government shutdown. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired on February 14 because of a budget standoff in Congress over controversial immigration enforcement operations carried out by

Defying Senate, House GOP passes DHS funding stopgap

(The Center Square) – The Department of Homeland Security shutdown will continue into the weekend after House Republicans snubbed the Senate’s funding deal and passed their own funding stopgap instead. Rather than approve a dead-of-night compromise that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., made with Senate

House Republicans reject Senate bid to end US airport chaos

House Republicans reject Senate bid to end US airport chaos

US House Republicans on Friday effectively shot down an effort by the Senate to end a budget standoff that has forced thousands of airport security staff to work without pay, likely extending the partial government shutdown. A lapse in federal funding has left Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff -- who screen

DHS shutdown to continue after House rejects Senate deal

(The Center Square) – Republicans in the U.S. House quashed any hopes that the 42-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would end Friday. The Senate’s last-minute deal early Friday to fund all DHS agencies except ICE and parts of Border Patrol hit a wall with

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Airports and air travelers have been feeling the pains of the federal shutdown impacting the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). But TSA workers — who make on average $35,000 annually with many working paycheck-to-paycheck — are at the top of the pain scale. Airport checkpoint employees haven’t

‘Tell me where to sign': Proposed Big Bend border wall hits close to home in Bozeman

Her upcoming summer wedding isn't the only future occupying Morgan Kemp's mind. The Bozeman artist and El Paso, Texas, native is helping to organize a campaign against a border wall slated for the rugged Big Bend region of Texas — a place she fell in love with

Judge seeks update on Customs' progress toward tariff refunds

(The Center Square) – A judge ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide an update on the agency's progress toward issuing refunds for tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court. The ongoing legal battle over tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump has left importers, businesses and consumers