politics
March 30, 2026
TSA employees receive back pay after Trump’s executive order
Airport wait times appear to be shorter as workers received back pay for two whole paychecks
TL;DR
- TSA employees received retroactive back pay, including at least two full paychecks.
- The back pay was ordered by President Trump as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues.
- The payments have seemingly reduced severe congestion and hours-long lines at major airport TSA checkpoints.
- Congress remains in a standoff over funding for the DHS, with no resolution in sight.
- House Republicans and Senate Democrats rejected each other's proposed DHS funding bills.
- The origin of the funds used to pay TSA employees is unclear, though Trump ordered the DHS to use funds with a nexus to TSA operations.
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