TSA staffing gaps spark nationwide airport delays amid DHS funding stalemate
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Nationwide travel disruption continues as TSA staffing shortages during the partial DHS shutdown cause fluctuating security lines at major airports—some waits exceed an hour, others reach over two hours—while more than 1,000 flights are canceled or delayed; with hundreds of TSA workers calling out or leaving, lawmakers debate funding and reforms as communities rally to support TSA staff.
- Live updates: Weather and TSA staffing issues are impacting air travel across the country CNN
- Long lines, canceled flights. Atlanta airport faces travel snarls again. AJC.com
- ‘Insane and stressful:’ Atlanta airport passengers wait for over 2 hours in TSA lines WSB-TV
- Nearly 2-hour ground stop at Atlanta airport compounds flight delays, cancellations 11Alive.com
- Security issues lead to disarray at Atlanta airport on Tuesday FOX 5 Atlanta
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