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Travelers wait in long lines early in the morning at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 27 in Atlanta.

Air travelers face another busy weekend as uncertainty looms over TSA workers’ pay

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A particularly busy spring break travel weekend is underway, and travelers are enduring more long lines at some airports nationwide even as the Department of Homeland Security has said Transportation Security Administration workers should begin receiving paychecks on Monday after weeks of a partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump

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Skipped meals, eviction notices and repo’d cars: TSA workers desperately await checks after Trump and Senate push for funding

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Galgano, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Tatiana Finlay was forced to borrow gas money from her 15-year-old daughter. This week, she began rationing food so her three children could eat. “I’ve been skipping meals just hoping to stretch that dollar, because I want to make sure that they have

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Protests from Alabama to Wyoming — and on the Arctic Circle: What to know about Saturday’s third ‘No Kings’ rally

By Rebekah Riess, Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people are expected to join a national rally on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, the higher cost of living and the war against Iran, event organizers say. More than 3,100 “No Kings” demonstrations – about as many events as there are counties in

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5 things to know for March 27: DHS shutdown, Presidential first, Iran war, Guthrie disappearance, César Chavez

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Spring is usually prime time for house hunting, but economic uncertainty is keeping many prospective homebuyers on the sidelines. Mortgage rates are climbing again, driven in part by the war in Iran, and are threatening to stall a housing market that was already struggling to gain momentum. Here’s what else you

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Emergency response units conduct search and rescue operations in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30.

FAA investigating close call between United Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter in California

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a US Army National Guard helicopter crossed in front of a passenger jet landing at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, the agency said in a statement. On Tuesday evening, United Airlines Flight 589 from San Francisco was preparing to

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Officials inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express regional jet on Wednesday at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

‘Playing with fire’: LaGuardia Airport collision renews concerns air traffic controllers are spread too thin

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — This week’s deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport has renewed concerns about how much is too much for one air traffic controller to handle. Controllers, already spread thin by decades of staffing shortages and long hours in a high-stress job under intense scrutiny, can sometimesbe responsible

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Security lines wind through LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. The airport is one of many that have been crippled by TSA worker shortages.

ICE agents take a more active role in airport security, but long lines persist ahead of the weekend traveler rush

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at 14 major US airports four days ago to assist Transportation Security Administration workers as Congress keeps haggling over how to end the partial government shutdown that has driven mounting TSA staffing shortages and the longest security wait times ever. But

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