TSA PreCheck, long security wait
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the parent organization of TSA, also briefly suspended TSA PreCheck, the expedited screening program, just after the DHS shutdown, before quickly walking it back.
Hundreds of thousands of Homeland Security workers, including from the TSA, U.S. Secret Service and Coast Guard, have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month.