The Transportation Security Administration has sent extra staff to airports in major cities as it faces its highest level of absences since the partial government shutdown began last month. The agency’s unscheduled absence rate climbed to 8% Saturday, up from 3% a year earlier and 7% on Friday. Baltimore/Washington International Airport became the latest major airport to have staffing trouble. It is closing a checkpoint due to “excessive callouts” by TSA workers, the TSA said.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2019 18:00 UTC