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US warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks

By Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2026 | 12:06 PM

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ​warned on ‌Tuesday that he will run out of money to pay ‌for ​50,000 Transportation ⁠Security Administration ⁠workers in the coming weeks unless Congress acts to fund ​the department.

President Donald Trump ⁠in late ⁠March directed DHS ​to use emergency ​funds to pay TSA ‌workers who had gone without paychecks for about ⁠six weeks and had sparked massive disruptions at ⁠U.S. ‌airports. Mullin ⁠told “Fox and Friends” ​on ‌Tuesday that ​the money ⁠would run out by early May.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris ​Reese)