Jeffries: ICE officers assisting at airports is ‘last thing’ Americans need

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports starting Monday. “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill…

Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the passage of key measures in the months ahead. The predicament was on full display this week: 22 Republicans did not vote for any bills on Tuesday, followed by seven on Wednesday and five on…

Elon Musk Offers to Pay TSA Salaries Amid Budget Battle, Airport Lineups

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on next to President Donald Trump talking to the media, at the White House on March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque//Reuters WASHINGTON—Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest ‌person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers ‌during their second unpaid work stoppage in six

ICE Agents to Assist With Airport Security Lines Starting Monday, Trump Says

Travelers wait in a TSA Pre security line at Miami International Airport in Miami on March 17, 2026. Travelers across the country are enduring long airport security lines as a partial federal government shutdown affects the Transportation Security Administration officers working the security lines. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced plans to move Immigration

Trump May Send ICE Agents to Airports to Assist TSA Amid DHS Funding Battle

Travelers wait in a TSA Pre security line at Miami International Airport in Miami on March 17, 2026. Travelers across the country are enduring long airport security lines as a partial federal government shutdown affects the Transportation Security Administration officers working the security lines. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced possible plans to move