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Major U.S. airports continued to warn travelers of long security lines Sunday, even after Donald Trump ordered emergency pay for Transportation Security Administration officers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown. The directive, issued Friday, instructs the Department of Homeland Security to begin paying TSA workers who have gone …

House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, advancing legislation that is unlikely to clear the Senate and could prolong the ongoing shutdown. The measure passed 213-203 after House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a bipartisan Senate bill that would fund most DHS …

House Republicans on Friday rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security through September, instead advancing a short-term extension that risks prolonging the shutdown into record territory. House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed extending all DHS funding through May 22, a stopgap plan that faces uncertain …

Donald Trump said Thursday he will sign an executive order to restart pay for Transportation Security Administration officers, who have gone more than a month without full pay during the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump did not specify the legal authority he plans to use to …

Senate Republicans on Tuesday proposed a plan to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as disruptions at airports worsen and thousands of federal workers continue to go without pay. The proposal would fund most of DHS but exclude the branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement responsible …

President Donald Trump has rejected a Republican-backed proposal to temporarily fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end airport disruptions, prolonging a weeks-long shutdown that has left thousands of workers unpaid. The plan, discussed Sunday between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Trump, would have funded all …

President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to deploy agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to airports nationwide as early as Monday, intensifying a political standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “If the Democrats do not allow for just and proper security at our …

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending TSA PreCheck and Global Entry as a partial government shutdown enters its second week, a decision expected to slow airport security lines nationwide and disrupt travel for millions of registered fliers. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that the …

In a major shift for air travelers, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that passengers will no longer be required to remove their shoes at TSA security checkpoints in U.S. airports — ending a two-decade-old policy introduced in the aftermath of 9/11. Speaking from Reagan National Airport, Noem said …

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate that covers public transportation, saying the requirement was beyond the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authority. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump appointee, turned on the language in a federal law authorizing the CDC to regulate sanitation. The …

The Biden Administration announced it has extended the federal transportation mask mandate another two weeks due to rising COVID-19 case numbers across the country. The mask mandate, which requires face coverings on public transportation, including planes and trains and in airports, was initially put in place in January 2021 and set …

The United States Supreme Court Tuesday denied an emergency request asking for a pause to the federal COVID-19 airline mask mandate. The mandate, put in place via executive order by President Joe Biden when he took office last January, was scheduled to expire Tuesday. However, it was extended through March …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is revising the current Global Testing Order to shorten the timeline for required testing for all international air travelers to one day before departure to the United States. The new protocol updates the current requirements, which mandate foreign travelers be fully vaccinated. …

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it would extend its mask mandate for travel on airplanes, buses, and trains. The current mask mandate was set to expire on September 13, 2021, and will now end on January 18, 2022. TSA will extend the directives through January 18, 2022,” the company …

House Republicans have introduced legislation to ban federal coronavirus mask mandates on public transportation, arguing it is time to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, shared his laws first with Fox News. It serves as the House companion bill to Sen. Rand Paul’s mask …