DHS to Suspend TSA PreCheck and Global Entry

“The Department of Homeland Security will temporarily suspend two popular programs that allow some travelers to move more quickly through airport security starting Sunday at 6 a.m. Eastern due to the shutdown of much of the agency, according to a DHS spokesperson,” the Washington Post reports.

“The department is pausing its TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs — one of several emergency measures the agency said it is taking to redirect staffing more than a week after Congress failed to send more money to the agency. DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem said in a statement that the agency is ‘making tough but necessary workforce and resource decisions’ and prioritizing the ‘general traveling population’ at airports and ports of entry.”