US airport security TSA workers ride out shutdown with better pay, benefits than in 2019

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Airport security screeners working without pay during the U. government shutdown are in a ...
Government Executive

Airports seeing spike in shutdown impacts as TSA screeners and air traffic controllers call out

The TSA callout rate hit 10% just before the shutdown ended in 2019, more than three times the normal rate. A spokesperson ...
Wane

Air Marshal Association recognized as Federal Air Marshal union and leads effort to separate from the TSA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a landmark development, a federal judge has recognized the Air Marshal Association as the union representing Federal Air Marshals. Details can be found ...
KJRH - 2 News Oklahoma

Air traffic controllers, TSA agents could get paid during shutdown under new bill

In a video on Tuesday, Senator James Lankford says he and other senators are working to pass a bill that would pay air ...

How could a government shutdown affect travel around the U.S.?

A prolonged government shutdown, as occurred in 2018, could lead to long lines at TSA checkpoints and economic losses, ...

As government shutdown persists, ICE agents are among the still-paid employees receiving ‘super checks’ including lost pay and overtime

Public finance expert Linda Bilmes says the “arbitrariness” of who gets paid and who doesn’t during shutdowns exposes the ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Training air marshals to spot - and thwart - potential threats

The Federal Air Marshal Service’s motto? Invisus, Inauditus, Impavidus (Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid). Their charge is straightforward. “Our focus in life is to make sure another 9/11 never happens,” ...

DHS Skirts Shutdown To Buy $172M Jets For Kristi Noem While TSA Goes Without Pay

The department said it would not allow the federal shutdown "to slow down this process" of replacing the jet, but Democrats want to know where the money is coming from.