AdvertisementWith pressure mounting this week to resolve the stalemate, the endgame appeared to emerge just before TSA workers were set to miss another paycheck. The White House had floated the extraordinary move of invoking a national emergency to pay the TSA agents, a politically and legally fraught approach. Instead, Trump’s order would pay TSA agents using money from his 2025 tax bill, according to a senior administration official who wasn’t authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. If the Senate package is approved by the House and signed into law, the action Trump announced to pay TSA agents may be temporary or unneeded. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Megan Varner via Getty ImagesAirport lines grow as TSA workers endure hardshipsThe funding shutdown has resulted in travel delays and even warnings of airport closures as TSA workers missing paychecks stop going to work.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2026 14:34 UTC