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Trump to sign emergency order to get TSA agents paid — bypassing Congress in DHS shutdown fight

President Trump announced on Thursday he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA agents and hopefully relieve congestion at the nation’s largest airports.

In a lengthy Truth Social post where he savaged Democrats for their role in refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Trump said he would see that the agents are paid.

“Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!” Trump said.
“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!,” he wrote.

His announcement came as Republicans and Democrats struggle to meet a weekend deadline to fund the department and as Transportation Security Administration employees faced a second month without a paycheck.

Under the National Emergency Act, the president could order unspent government funds to be used to temporarily pay TSA employees – a move that would bypass Congress.

Republicans have the majority in the Senate but lack the 60 votes needed to advance DHS funding in the legislative process.
Democrats have blocked funding for the department for the past month while trying to tighten rules on immigration enforcement tactics.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Thursday he was giving Democrats his “final” offer. His proposal would fund all of DHS except the part of ICE that handles enforcement and removal operations, a move he hoped would appease Democratic objections.
TSA workers have been calling in sick to protest the lack of pay. As a result, long lines at security checkin have caused backups at many airports.

Pressure is mounting for a solution as millions of Americans prepare to travel for spring break, as well as the Easter and Passover holidays.

READ MORE: Trump to sign emergency order to get TSA agents paid — bypassing Congress in DHS shutdown fight
MAA resignation included severance package

A confidential agreement that includes a six-figure severance package was attached to the resignation of the former Mobile Airport Authority executive director, according to records obtained by Lagniappe Thursday.

Read More : Mobile Airport Authority resignation included severance | Mobile | lagniappemobile.com
Population growth slows somewhat in Baldwin but remains strong

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Population growth in Baldwin County slowed somewhat between mid-2024 and mid-2025 but remained among the fastest-growing counties in the nation, according to Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.

Baldwin County’s population rose to 267,761 on July 1, up 6,109 from the year before. The 2.3 percent rate is nearly four times the state average. However, it has cooled off from the pace of the previous three years, when the county had a net gain of more than 7,000 residents each year.

At the midpoint of the decade, Baldwin is on a pace to crack 300,000 residents by the 2030 census. For the decade, Baldwin County is among the 10 fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country.
The population in Mobile County, where the growth has remained largely flat for years, declined by 535 from the middle of 2024 to mid-2025. The population also declined in the rural counties that border Mobile and Baldwin counties.

The slowdown mirrors slower growth nationwide.

Among the 2,066 counties where the population increased between 2023 and 2024, growth slowed or reversed in almost 80 percent of them, according to the census estimates. The bureau attributed that trend to lower international migration.

“The nation’s largest counties like those in the New York metro area are often international migration hubs, gaining large numbers of international migrants and losing people that move to other parts of the country via domestic migration,” Census Bureau demographer George M. Hayward said in a news release. “With fewer gains from international migration, these types of counties saw their population growth diminish or even turn into loss.”

Population growth slows somewhat in Baldwin but remains strong