TSA officers and other “exempted” federal workers eventually received lump-sum backpay, but not until after the record-long shutdown ended. The complaint is a collective-action lawsuit that other TSA officers may be able to opt into. AdvertisementRodgers might not have been able to bring a case at all if not for some political gamesmanship by the Trump administration. In general, federal employees go without pay during a government shutdown, since Congress has not appropriated money for agencies to operate. Whether they were furloughed or working without pay, federal employees across the country felt like pawns in a political game.

Source: Huffington Post December 12, 2025 04:07 UTC