Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups
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Key Points:
- Elon Musk, the world's richest person, announced he would cover the paychecks of U.S. TSA officers during their second unpaid work stoppage amid a prolonged federal funding lapse affecting the Department of Homeland Security.
- The TSA funding impasse is in its fifth week, with screeners facing missed paychecks while being pressured to work amid long airport screening times.
- TSA staffers earn an average of $61,000 annually, and airports have resorted to food drives and donations to support security screeners during the partial government shutdown.
- Bipartisan negotiators have narrowed disputes over DHS funding, but no final agreement has been reached, prolonging uncertainty for TSA employees.
- Previously, during the 43-day government shutdown, a
