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DHS Secretary Warns Agency Will Run Out of Paycheck Money in May
The funding crisis threatens to renew airport chaos as lawmakers remain divided over ending the two-month Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
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31 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: April 21, 2026.
Top NewsDHS Shutdown Hits 60 Days With No End in Sight as TSA Workers Struggle
The record-long funding lapse has left tens of thousands of DHS employees in financial limbo, with Republicans now pursuing a reconciliation bill to end the standoff.
PoliticsGOP Leaders Unveil Two-Track Plan to End Record 47-Day DHS Shutdown as TSA Workers Go Unpaid
Senate Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson announced a deal to separately fund DHS and ICE — with Trump backing the framework and demanding border agency funding by June 1.
Top NewsSenate Republicans Block DHS Funding as Homeland Security Shutdown Enters Second Month
With Congress in recess, much of the Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded despite escalating security concerns amid the Iran conflict.
PoliticsTrump Orders TSA Back Pay as DHS Shutdown Enters New Week With No Funding Deal in Sight
The president directed the Department of Homeland Security to resume compensating TSA officers beginning Monday, but the congressional impasse between House Republicans and Senate Democrats over a DHS funding bill remained unresolved.
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TSA Security Lines Face Weeks of Delays as Agency Struggles With Staffing After Shutdown
Travelers frustrated by long security lines may not see immediate relief as Transportation Security Administration officers begin receiving pay again Monday after working without wages for over a month.
PoliticsSix-Week DHS Shutdown Reaches Breaking Point as TSA Absences Hit Record and Trump Orders Emergency Paychecks
With 3,450 TSA officers calling out on a single day and airports in chaos, Trump signed an executive order to pay workers using unspent funds — but Congress remains deadlocked over how to reopen the department.
BusinessTSA Lines May Face Weeks of Delays Despite Officers Returning to Work
Transportation Security Administration workers begin receiving pay again after more than a month without wages during partial government shutdown.
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Trump Signs Emergency Order to Restart TSA Pay as House Passes 60-Day DHS Funding Bill in Party-Line Vote
After 42 days without paychecks, 61,000 TSA workers are set to receive back pay by Monday after Trump invoked nexus funding authority — but with the Senate in recess and the House and Senate bills incompatible, the underlying shutdown crisis remains unresolved.
WatchTop NewsDHS Shutdown Enters Day 42 — Now the Longest in U.S. History — as 510 TSA Officers Quit and Airports Descend Into Chaos
With no deal in sight after the House passed a bill the Senate calls dead on arrival, the standoff over immigration agency funding has shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in American history, leaving airports reeling.
Top NewsHouse Republicans Pass Rival DHS Bill, Prolonging Shutdown and Airport Crisis
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own bill, dimming chances for quick end to crisis crippling airports nationwide.
Top NewsHouse Republicans Pass Rival DHS Funding Bill, Dimming Hopes for Quick End to Airport Crisis
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own version, prolonging the shutdown that has crippled airport operations nationwide.
Top NewsTrump Administration Racing to Pay TSA Workers After Airport Security Crisis Reaches Breaking Point
President directs Homeland Security Department to compensate thousands of unpaid airport security officers as travel delays mount nationwide during partial government shutdown.
Top NewsHouse GOP Advances Its Own 60-Day DHS Stopgap, Scheduling Late-Night Vote as Shutdown Hits Day 42
Speaker Johnson rejected the Senate's partial DHS deal and moved to a procedural vote on a full-agency, two-month funding bill that includes ICE, CBP, and a voter ID requirement Senate Democrats have vowed to block.
WatchTop NewsHouse GOP Rejects Senate DHS Bill, Calls It 'a Joke' as Shutdown Enters Day 42
Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a 60-day stopgap to fund ICE and border patrol — a plan Senate Democrats declared dead on arrival — as TSA call-outs hit a record 11.83% and 510 officers have quit.
PoliticsSenate Votes at 2 a.m. to Fund TSA but Excludes ICE — House Immediately Rejects the Deal
A bipartisan Senate vote to restore DHS funding collapsed within hours when the House passed its own rival bill, leaving the 42-day shutdown without resolution as senators begin a two-week recess.
WatchTop NewsSenate Unanimously Passes Emergency DHS Funding Bill, Ending 42-Day Shutdown That Left TSA Workers Unpaid
Senators approved funding for TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard at 2:20 a.m. by voice vote, but excluded ICE and border patrol; the bill now heads to the House for final passage.
PoliticsSenate Votes to Fund Most of DHS in Bid to End Partial Shutdown
Bipartisan measure excludes ICE and Border Patrol funding but restores pay for federal airport security workers after 40-day standoff.
Top NewsTrump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls
President announces emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Department of Homeland Security funding talks falter and airport lines grow.
PoliticsSenate Republicans Near Deal to End Five-Week DHS Shutdown as Airport Chaos Escalates
A GOP proposal would fund 94% of DHS while leaving ICE deportation operations in a separate bill, as TSA shortages push airport wait times past two hours at major hubs.
PoliticsSenate Closes In on Deal to End Six-Week DHS Shutdown After Republicans Meet Trump at White House
A bipartisan framework would fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard while carving out ICE deportation funding for separate reconciliation — potentially ending the longest aviation-security shutdown in U.S. history.
PoliticsSenate Leaders Close In on DHS Funding Deal After White House Talks, Raising Hopes for End to 38-Day Shutdown
Following a Monday evening meeting at the White House, Senate Republicans expressed new confidence that an agreement was within reach — contingent on a plan to split off ICE funding from the broader DHS budget package that has stalled for weeks.
PoliticsSenate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary 54-45, Replacing Noem as Department Faces 38-Day Shutdown
The Oklahoma Republican and former MMA fighter was confirmed on party lines with two Democratic defections, inheriting a department in crisis: TSA workers remain unpaid and airport security lines have stretched for hours.
WatchTop NewsTrump 'Emphatically Rejects' GOP Off-Ramp on DHS Shutdown, Demands SAVE America Act First
The president rebuffed a Senate Republican compromise that would have reopened the Department of Homeland Security, insisting no deal moves forward without passage of his voter ID legislation — extending a shutdown now in its seventh week.
Top NewsTrump Deploys ICE Agents to U.S. Airports as TSA Faces Severe Staffing Crisis
Hundreds of immigration enforcement officers will help with security operations as air travelers experience longer lines and agent shortages worsen.
PoliticsDHS Shutdown Enters Sixth Week: Senate Threatens to Cancel Easter Recess as TSA Officers Work Without Pay
Bipartisan negotiations over Department of Homeland Security funding intensified Monday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to cancel the Easter break unless negotiators can close the gap — with airport security chaos worsening during spring break.
Top NewsTrump Sends ICE Agents to Airports as TSA Security Lines Stretch to Three Hours
Border czar Tom Homan confirms deployment as partial DHS shutdown enters sixth week, leaving hundreds of TSA officers unpaid and airports in chaos.
PoliticsDHS Funding Vote Fails 47-37 as Thune Threatens to Cancel Easter Recess, TSA Officers Remain Unpaid
A bipartisan attempt to end the six-week DHS shutdown collapsed in the Senate, with Democrats demanding warrant requirements for ICE agents and Republicans offering body cameras but refusing to budge on judicial oversight.
PoliticsTrump Sends ICE Agents to U.S. Airports as DHS Shutdown Enters Sixth Week and 300+ TSA Workers Quit
With the TSA callout rate topping 55% at some airports and wait times stretching past two hours, President Trump ordered ICE agents to take up positions at airport entrances — a plan aviation security unions say 'creates a gap, not fills one.'
Politics366 TSA Officers Have Quit During Government Shutdown, Leaving Spring Break Travelers Facing 3-Hour Security Lines
Unpaid TSA workers are walking off the job at record rates — with callout spikes above 50% at some airports — as a DHS funding stalemate between Congress and the White House enters its fifth week with no end in sight.
Top News300 TSA Agents Quit, Airport Security Lines Stretch for Hours as Government Shutdown Bites
Houston Hobby lost 55% of its officers during spring break travel season.
