DHS warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks | CNN

Long security lines could reappear at airports next month after the Department of Homeland Security secretary warned Tuesday the agency doesn’t have enough money to continue to pay its employees through May. DHS has been shut down since mid-February, and the resulting lapse in paychecks prompted many Transportation Security Administration officers not to come to work, causing several weeks of major disruptions at multiple US airports. Late last month, President Donald Trump directed DHS to use funds from the Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy package, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” to pay the TSA officers and other agency staffers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday money would run out by early May. The agency is drawing on the $10 billion fund created by the bill, which as of April 19 has a little less than $1.4 billion remaining, according to Office of Management and Budget data. Are you a DHS employee worried about getting future paychecks? Tell us about it “That money is dried up, if I continue down this path, the first week of May, because my payroll at DHS is just over $1.6 billion every two weeks,” Mullin sai