Trump to sign emergency order to get TSA agents paid — bypassing Congress in DHS shutdown fight

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President Trump announced he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA agents and hopefully relieve congestion at the nation’s largest airports.

In a lengthy Truth Social post where he savaged Democrats for their role in refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Trump said he would see that the agents are paid.

“Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!” Trump said.

Passengers are screened by a TSA agent at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, Thursday, March 26, 2026. AP
Passengers wait in a massive TSA line at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 23, 2026. REUTERS
President Trump said he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA agents and hopefully relieve congestion at the nation’s largest airports. REUTERS

“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!,” he wrote.

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