The Transportation Security Administration has warned of a severe strain on US airport security due to a funding shutdown, resulting in the longest wait times in TSA history. The agency has lost over 480 transportation security officers, causing disruptions across the country.

The Transportation Security Administration warned that US airport security was under severe strain as a weeks-long Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown drives staffing shortages, long wait times and mounting disruptions across the United States. “This has led to the highest wait times in TSA history, with some wait times greater than 4½ hours,” Acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill told lawmakers on Wednesday, adding the agency has already lost more than 480 transportation security....