Short-staffed safety checkpoints continued to paralyze some US airports this week, with lengthy strains and wait occasions that stretched for hours.
Officers with the Transportation Security Administration have been working for six weeks with out pay throughout a partial authorities shutdown, and Congress has been locked in a stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
This week, on the request of President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers arrived at 14 major US airports to help TSA staff who haven’t referred to as out of labor or stop. The ICE brokers have been seen directing snaking safety strains and passing out water bottles to drained vacationers, nevertheless it’s nonetheless unclear whether or not they have made a major dent as wait occasions started to tick up once more because the weekend neared. Many components, together with the variety of vacationers and obtainable safety checkpoints, affect wait occasions.
On Thursday, Trump said he would sign an order instructing the Department of Homeland Security to “immediately pay” TSA brokers. It was not instantly clear with what cash the administration intends to pay the brokers.
Hours later, the Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the department in a uncommon in a single day session.
Here are a number of the tales that made headlines over the previous week, in addition to some pictures that caught our eye.