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A TSA officer's badge can be seen on their shirt as people travel through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on November 7, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Today marks day 38 of the government shutdown. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) / U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in a town hall event at the Citadel on November 7, 2025, in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

TSA officers awarded $10K bonuses for working through govt. shutdown, with more checks anticipated

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awarded $10,000 bonus checks to a number of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers who continued working without pay during the 43-day government shutdown.

A United Airlines plane takes off as another taxis at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) following the Thanksgiving holiday on December 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Thanksgiving Sunday was the busiest day for commercial airline travel ever, with preliminary numbers indicating more than 3 million travelers were screened in U.S. airports yesterday with many people still making their way home today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

United Airlines Plane Evacuated After It Catches Fire On Runway

A United States flight from Houston to New York had to be evacuated after it caught on fire during takeoff.

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 2022. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Southwest Airlines To Lay Off 2,000 Employees, Halt Service At 4 Airports

Southwest Airlines has announced that they will be laying off around 2,000 employees and closing operations at four different airports across the globe.