Long security lines at Houston, New Orleans airports as DHS funding affects TSA staffing

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Airline passengers faced long security lines that took hours to get through in New Orleans and Houston on Sunday, as the Transportation Security Administration deals with continued absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents have been working without pay since the start of the partial shutdown, which began Feb. 14 after Congress could not come to an agreement to extend funding for several agencies. The long lines also come amid

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