The US airports where you should brace for long security lines as unpaid TSA agents stop showing up for work

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 8: Airline passengers wait in long lines to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Sunday, March 8, 2026. The line stretched from the security checkpoint into the lower level baggage claim area to the lower level parking garage.

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• Some US airports are warning travelers about long TSA lines.
• The delays come as TSA agents, facing a missed paycheck amid the partial government shutdown, are not coming to work.