The US House Voted on DHS Funding. The Queues at Airports Aren't Going Anywhere.
The US House passed a DHS funding bill in a 213-203 vote, but with the Senate on recess, 50,000 unpaid TSA agents and airport chaos are set to continue for weeks.
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Markwayne Mullin Confirmed as Homeland Security Chief: Can He Fix the DHS Dumpster Fire?
The US Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary in a 54-45 vote, tasking the former MMA fighter with leading a department mired in a weeks-long shutdown and over 100,000 employees working without pay.
ICE Agents Land at US Airports as TSA Crisis Turns Check-In Into a Contact Sport
Hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to 14 US airports after the DHS shutdown left TSA critically understaffed, with security wait times hitting six hours at major hubs.