Elon Musk Offers to Pay TSA Salaries Amid Budget Battle, Airport Lineups

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on next to President Donald Trump talking to the media, at the White House on March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque//ReutersWASHINGTON—Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest ‌person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers ‌during their second unpaid work stoppage in six ⁠months amid a protracted federal funding lapse.The budget impasse over funding for the TSA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland ​Security, is in its fifth week. Screeners and other TSA personnel are days away ⁠from missing a second full paycheck, but are being pressured to show up as screening times at some airports stretch on for hours.

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