Overview
- Delta announced Tuesday that it suspended its specialty services for lawmakers during the Department of Homeland Security funding lapse.
- Lawmakers lose airport escorts and concierge help for upgrades or rebooking, though Delta’s Capital Desk phone line remains for reservations.
- TSA officers have worked without full pay since mid‑February, with call‑outs rising into double digits, roughly 400 resignations, and multi‑hour lines at hubs like Atlanta.
- President Donald Trump deployed ICE agents to more than a dozen airports for crowd control, and TSA workers objected that the agents lack checkpoint training.
- A related push in Congress advanced when Sen. John Cornyn’s bill to end preferential screening for lawmakers unanimously cleared the Senate.