Houston Airport Hits by US Shutdown

By: Yassmine ElSayed

CAIRO, Jan. 14 (SEE) - A security checkpoint at Houston’s main airport closed as the impact of the weeks-old U.S. government shutdown broadened Bloomberg reported.

The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Terminal B closed at 3:30 p.m. local time on Sunday because of staffing issues tied to the shutdown, and will remain shut all day, George Bush Intercontinental Airport said in a statement. The terminal’s ticketing counter is also closed.

About 800,000 federal workers missed their pay for the first time Friday as the fallout spread from a stoppage that began Dec. 22.

Democrats and President Donald Trump remain at loggerheads. Party leaders say they won’t agree to fund any kind of wall or barrier between the U.S. and Mexico beyond what’s already in place, and Trump insists he won’t agree to reopen the government until the wall is funded.