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TSA workers may get their paychecks

03/26/26

We’ll see if it really happens. And how fast it happens. At week’s end, lawmakers were still at an impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security – which includes the budget for the Transportation Security Administration. But on Thursday, President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to get paychecks to TSA →

A ‘secret’ free way to skip the long TSA line

03/24/26

It’s smooth sailing for travelers at the security checkpoints at some airports. Elsewhere, the partial government shutdown and staffing shortages are creating hours long waits on security lines snaking through the terminals and, in some cases out onto sidewalks and into parking garages. At some airports, TSA Precheck, TSA Precheck Touchess ID and Clear lanes →

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Brace for long lines and ICE (!) at many airports

03/22/26

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have been working without pay since February 14th due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. The result is severe staffing shortages, reduced screening capacity and extremely long (in some cases, hours long) security lines at many airports. Rather than pay the TSA workers, the Trump Administration announced over the weekend →

Long TSA wait times + helping unpaid TSA workers

03/19/26

Higher passenger numbers at many airports due to spring break travel and the continuation of the partial government shutdown that requires TSA workers to work without paychecks is taking a toll on the travel experience at many airports. The security checkpoint lines continue to move smoothly at some airports. But staffing shortages mean that at →

TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

01/27/26

Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recently released Top 10 list of best ‘catches’ for 2025. Here’s the full list, in countdown order, along with airport where the offending →

TSA’s downloadable 2026 Canine Calendar

12/31/25

If you love dogs and need a 2026 calendar, you’re in luck. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has just released a downloadable 2026 TSA Canine Calendar featuring 13 of the more than 1,000 explosives detection canines that work at U.S. airports. They are a good looking and hard working bunch. The 2026 TSA Canine Calendar line-up →

No Real ID? TSA will charge $45 per trip to verify you

12/02/25

A few weeks ago, the Transportation Security Admnistration announced in the Federal Register that it would be setting up a verification program for passengers who show up at the TSA checkpoint without a Real ID, passport or some other acceptable form of identification. To cover the costs of the alt-ID program, which is set to →

More airports add food pantries for federal employees and refuse to air DHS video

10/16/25

The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is joining the list of airports organizing and paying for food and supply pantries to assist federal employees who are not being paid during the federal government shutdown. These workers include Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) workers who are considered essentional workers and →

More airports refuse to run government’s ‘blame video.’

10/14/25

The list of airports that refuse to show a video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming democrats for the current government shutdown keeps growing. Yesterday, our list included Portland International Airport (PDX), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Spokane International Airport (GEG), Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), Niagara Falls International Airport (IAG), Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) and Westchester County Airport (HPN), north of New York City, as among the →

TSA shelves “shoes off” policy

07/08/25

The Department of Homeland Security formally announced on Tuesday that all commercial airline passengers passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at airports are now allowed to keep their shoes on. TSA first instituted a “shoes off” policy in 2006, almost five years after “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid tried to set off explosives hidden in his →

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