With pressure mounting, the White House floated the extraordinary move Thursday of invoking a national emergency to pay Transportation Security Administration workers while senators reviewed

Brooke Taylor reports on the impact of the government shutdown, which has strained airports and caused challenges for TSA workers. AFGE Secretary-Treasurer Johnny Jones weighs in as TSA agents face a third missed paycheck.

They haven't been paid since a partial check in late February. "They're over their heads in debt," one TSA officer said of his co-workers.

As the federal government shutdown stretches past a month, unpaid TSA officers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport receive vital assistance to help them navigate mounting financial hardships.

Congress is under pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security ahead of its upcoming spring recess, as the Transportation Security Administration may have to shut down operations at some airpo

A partial government shutdown is impacting airports as hundreds of TSA workers have quit while working without pay. Despite the shutdown, Mississippi airports are reportedly running smoothly with normal wait times.

The Transportation Security Administration warned that airport security is under severe strain as a weeks-long Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown drives staffing shortages, long wait times and mounting disruptions across the US.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an emergency order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.