LOADING ERROR LOADINGA Department of Homeland Security employee recently took out an $11,000 loan to fix his roof. But Congress still hasn’t passed a bill to fund the agency’s operations, leaving tens of thousands of workers clocking in as “excepted” personnel but not getting paid. Doreen Greenwald, the union’s president, said all workers deserve “emergency funding” like TSA agents received to get through the shutdown. “I’m happy that somebody is getting paid,” she added of the TSA agents. AdvertisementFor now, the wife of the DHS employee is braced for them to miss a fourth paycheck.

Source: Huffington Post April 01, 2026 22:10 UTC