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TSA workers miss a full paycheck, while travelers keep paying airport security fees

Travelers and staff walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Friday. U.S. Transportation Security Administration security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial funding shutdown of the government approached the one-month mark.

Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.

(Image credit: Annabelle Gordon)

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