Politics Apr 02 Bypassing Congress, Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security By Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
Politics Apr 01 Republican leaders in Congress say they'll pursue a path to ending the partial shutdown The plan represents a return to what Republican senators had in mind when, early Friday, they passed a bipartisan funding agreement through unanimous consent. By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Politics Apr 01 From TMZ to Trump, pressure grows to bring Congress back during partial shutdown TMZ built its brand tracking celebrities. Now it is turning its attention to Congress. By Joey Cappelletti, Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Politics Mar 30 WATCH: White House holds briefing as DHS shutdown drags on Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Trump has offered to host an Easter Dinner at the White House for members of Congress who return to resolve the impasse. By Josh Funk, John Seewer, Associated Press
Politics Mar 27 WATCH: Johnson rejects Homeland Security funding bill passed by the Senate as a 'joke' “We’re going to do something different,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said, challenging the Senate to take up the House’s continuing resolution on Monday — assuming it does pass the House, which is uncertain. By Associated Press
Mar 27 WATCH: House Republicans reject Senate bill to reopen Department of Homeland Security By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH: Senate passes deal to fund TSA, DHS By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggled to reach a deal to end a budget impasse that has jammed airports and left… Continue reading
Mar 25 Record-high passenger wait times at airports, but no deal yet on the 40th day of the shutdown By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says air travelers are experiencing the highest airport wait times ever under her agency. Continue reading
Mar 25 WATCH: TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA leaders testify on effects of partial government shutdown By Associated Press During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing Wednesday, acting TSA leader Nguyen McNeill said that more than 480 transportation security officers have now quit amid the ongoing shutdown. Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH: Truck in plane collision at LaGuardia lacked transponder to trigger warning system, NTSB says By Michael R. Sisak, Josh Funk, John Seewer, Associated Press A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday. Continue reading