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Travelers line up at a TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers. The Senate is working late into the night to resolve the 41-day funding impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks. Trump announced his decision in a social media post saying he wanted to quickly stop the “Chaos at the Airports.” The White House and senators appear to be narrowing in on a endgame before TSA workers miss another paycheck Friday. Democrats have been refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security as they demand changes to rein in Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
Johnson rejects Senate-passed bill to fund Homeland Security as a joke and plans vote on alternative
House Republicans are rejecting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a revolt that risks delaying a resolution to the funding impasse now in its 42nd day that has created long lines at airports. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday, “This gambit that was done last night is a joke.” Johnson says instead House Republicans will seek to pass a bill that would fund the entire department at current levels until May 22. House Republicans are angry the bill passed by the Senate does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Democrats refuse to fund those departments without changes to immigration enforcement practices.
The deal, which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call, next goes to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday.
