Event Brief
TSA Workers Turn to Food Banks Amid Shutdown
Filed: Mar 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM ET
Summary: Unpaid TSA workers are increasingly calling out sick, leading to long airport security lines.
WHO: TSA workers
WHAT: visiting food banks during a government shutdown
WHEN: Mar 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: due to unpaid status from the partial government shutdown
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