Trump Orders TSA Agents to Be Paid as Congress Still Deadlocked

President Donald Trump signed a memo directing Transportation Security Administration personnel to be paid, a bid to alleviate disruptions at US airports as Congress battles over how to end the ongoing partial government shutdown.

The memo, which could lead to paychecks for TSA workers as soon as Monday, eased the sharpest pain point for lawmakers fighting over immigration enforcement. It also effectively killed momentum in Congress toward a funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security.

Trump’s Friday memo stated that 50,000 transportation officers who work security at airports are not being paid because of the funding lapse at the ...