Airport travel chaos continues as DHS funding freeze becomes longest partial shutdown in history – US politics live
Trump has ordered pay be restored to TSA employees but it is unclear where money will come from and whether he has such legal powers Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Airports continue to warn passengers to arrive several hours early due to unpredictable Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait times, as the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the longest shutdown in US history. A generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older atte
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says there are still long security lines at airports throughout the country, and morale among TSA agents has ‘plummeted’
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- Airport travel chaos continues as DHS funding freeze becomes longest partial shutdown in history – US politics liveGuardian - World · Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose · Mar 30, 2026, 2:32 PM
- Trump’s border czar says ICE agents to remain at airports until ‘those airports are secure’ – US politics liveGuardian - World · Shrai Popat (now); Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose · Mar 30, 2026, 5:30 PM
- White House blames Democrats for record-breaking DHS shutdown after House Republicans reject Senate’s compromise bill – liveGuardian - World · Dara Kerr (now); Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose · Mar 31, 2026, 1:32 AM
- White House blames Democrats for record-breaking DHS shutdown after House Republicans reject Senate’s compromise bill – as it happened
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