Elon Musk offers to pay the salaries of TSA agents

Elon Musk

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• Elon Musk said he would like to pay the salaries of TSA agents hit by the government shutdown.
• Some TSA agents, who have gone unpaid for weeks, have stopped showing up for their shifts.
• The situation has led to hourslong lines for passengers at many US airports.

The world's richest man is offering to pay the salaries of TSA agents, who have gone unpaid for weeks as the partial government shutdown drags on.

Many TSA agents have stopped showing up for work...