A Transportation Security Administration agent screens passengers at a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one of the airports struggling with staffing problems. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters)The number of airport security workers failing to show up for work hit an all-time high over the weekend, straining checkpoint lanes at several major hub airports. Because of the partial government shutdown, McDonald’s donated meals to TSA workers. (Keith Srakocic/AP)Bilello said the agency had sent special agents from its National Deployment Force (NDF) to supplement checkpoint agents. He reiterated that the TSA will not allow the staffing shortage to compromise airport security.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2019 20:17 UTC