Emergency Executive Order Comes as Congressional Debates Remain Unproductive After more than 40 days of working without pay, TSA employees have finally received word that their paychecks will be returning as of March 30, 2026. The reason for this much-appreciated change isn’t what many expected: with Congress failing to come to an agreement to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, President Donald Trump stepped in with an emergency executive order that ensured some sort of compensation for the workforce.
