Shutdown chaos triggers 3 hour lines at NYC airports
“It’s insane,” stranded Texas traveler Chip B, 66, said Sunday after spending 45 minutes on the pre-check line at LaGuardia Airport’s packed Terminal B. “If this is about getting short-handed with TSA agents, c’mon, let’s get them hired.
”Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting footage on sex sitesMajor airport slammed with nearly 3-hour wait as security line wraps around baggage claim amid Dem shutdown “My big thing is TSA work isn’t a great job in the first place,” he said while trying to board a flight to Fort Lauderdale. “They’re not getting paid while the politicians who are screwing up everything are getting paid.”The airport chaos has hit the entire country, as a Capitol Hill squabble has agents from the Transportation Safety Administration working without pay. Many are staying home or calling it quits while spring break travelers scurry to get home.The holdup is a feud between the GOP and Democrats, who want to tie funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes TSA, to more oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.Both sides are blaming the other – while airline passengers mob airport terminals. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Jared Everett, in New York on vacation with his wife, said the mess has already delayed his 4:30 p.m. flight to Charlotte by 40 minutes. “This has been pretty irresponsible of our lawmakers to put us in this position,” said Everett, 53. “We deserve better. They’re not the most functional group of people we’ve seen.”“Whatever helps facilitate the movement of people,” Chris said. “It’s not their their job. I’d rather have our government get their act together.”Beloved NHL reporter and her three children dead in tragic house fire Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting footage on sex sites‘Who’s the Boss?’ alum Judith Light reveals her unique and affordable beauty routineZendaya flashes gold band in first sighting with Tom Holland since secret wedding rumors surfacedStream It Or Skip It: ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ on Netflix, a Fitting Conclusion to the Stylish Rock ‘n’ Roll Gangster Saga
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