New Delhi, March 27 -- President Donald Trump, on Thursday, announced plans to intervene directly in the ongoing funding impasse, signalling that he will order immediate payments to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers who have gone without salaries during the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s partial shutdown.

President Trump's proposed move, revealed in a post on Truth Social on Thursday, comes as mounting absenteeism among TSA personnel exacerbates already severe congestion at airport security checkpoints, raising concerns about both national infrastructure resilience and passenger safety.

TSA officers missed their first full paycheques in mid-March, triggering a sharp rise in staff absences. National callout r...