Travel Delays

President Donald Trump says the American air travel system has reached a "breaking point." Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon that should pay TSA employees next week. Trump's action came after a Homeland Security funding measure collapsed in Congress. The measure passed the Senate early Friday morning but was swiftly rejected by House Republicans. TSA workers were set to miss a second consecutive paycheck Friday with hundreds of airport security screeners no-showing, leading to massive lines at multiple airports

President Donald Trump has signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Trump signed the action Friday with an eye toward easing long security lines at many of the nation’s top airports. “America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point,” Trump said in the memo authorizing the payments. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says TSA workers “should begin seeing paychecks as early as Monday.” Trump’s action came after House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security.