Airport security no-shows are soaring as shutdown enters 4th week
Monday marked the first business day after screeners did not receive a paycheck for the first time since the shutdown began.
TSA chief: Progress being made on shortening airport lines
Significant progress has been made on shortening screening lines since earlier this spring when airlines reported thousands of frustrated passengers were missing flights, the head of TSA said Tuesday.
TSA chief: Hundreds of new scanners will help ease long airport lines
WASHINGTON — The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will add 768 new screeners by mid-June to deal with increasingly long airport security lines.
Despite the TSA shake-up, long airport security lines likely to continue
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has ousted its head of security operations, but long checkpoint lines already pervading the busy summer travel season are likely to continue.
WASHINGTON — A House committee said Monday that the head of security operations at the Transportation Security Administration has been replaced.
WASHINGTON — Federal officials say a record number of airline passengers were caught last year trying to take guns on planes, and most of the weapons were loaded.
The head of the Transportation Security Administration, John Pistole, said Thursday he will retire from government at the end of this year and expects to be named to a position in academia early next year.
Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will soon be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights — a measure intended to enhance aviation security at a time when intelligence officials are…
The Transportation Security Administration is enlisting workers such as parking attendants and meter maids to help them become the latest anti-terror weapons.
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