Trump to order immediate pay for TSA as 41-day shutdown continues

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA agents as Congress struggles to end a 41-day funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and forced officials to consider emergency measures, including shifting money or invoking a national emergency. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the…

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• President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA agents as Congress struggles to end a 41-day funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and…
• President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA agents as Congress struggles to end a 41-day
• funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and forced officials to consider emergency measures, including
• shifting money or invoking a national emergency. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA

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What led here, in plain terms:

• shifting money or invoking a national emergency. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA
• agents as Congress struggles to end a 41-day funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and forced officials
• to consider emergency measures, including shifting money or invoking a national emergency.

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and forced officials to consider emergency measures, including
• shifting money or invoking a national emergency. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would order the immediate payment of TSA
• agents as Congress struggles to end a 41-day funding shutdown that has snarled airports, left workers unpaid and forced officials