Airport congestion eases as TSA workers receive backpay but record DHS shutdown drags on – US politics live

Union boss says workers have received some, but not all, of their pay Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Security lines have eased at airports, clearing the worst of the bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers began receiving backpay for working during the government shutdown. Allegations swirl that a broker for Pete Hegseth inquired into an investment in key defense companies before the Iran war began.