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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 →

Airports opening food pantries for unpaid federal workers

03/02/26
***Updating as we learn of more Air traffic controllers’ paychecks are not affected by the current partial government shutdown. However, more than 60,000 Transportation Security Administration staff must report for work, even though there are no paychecks for them in the pipeline going forward as the shutdown continues. Security checkpoint lines may start growing at →

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 →

TSA donation policy + Airports & Halloween

10/29/25
Many airports, airlines and community groups have been helping out federal workers working without pay at airports by setting up food pantries and making gift cards, diapers and other basic necessitites available. Members of the public are helping out too. And, if you’re so inclined, TSA has shared this information about the proper way 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 →

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 →

How many firearms did travelers bring to airport checkpoints in 2024?

01/16/25
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its 2024 tally for the number of firearms found at airport checkpoints. And while this time around the number of “finds” isn’t a record breaker, it’s still quite shocking. In 2024, (TSA) found a total of 6,678 firearms at airport security checkpoints, a slight decrease from the 6,737 firearms →
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