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Faced with the prospect of long wait times at airports this summer, Homeland Security is boosting its checkpoint staffing. In this photo from December, passengers line up to go through security at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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TSA Boosts Number Of Security Staff, Aiming At Airport Bottlenecks

1:02pm May 04, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson hopes that adding staff to security checkpoints will prevent longer wait times that had been projected for this summer.

Lines of travelers snake past TSA agents at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last fall.

Ready For Fun? First Take Off Your Shoes And Wait In Long Airport Lines

8:00am March 10, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Airlines are expecting record numbers of spring break travelers. Both the industry and TSA are expecting airport screening checkpoints to have long lines. They urge travelers to arrive early.

Airports' Backscatter Scanners Met Radiation Standards, Panel Says

11:26am September 30, 2015

by Julie Appleby

The machines, pulled in 2013, expose travelers and airport workers to a dose of radiation well within acceptable limits — a factor of 10 below recommended safety standards.

If Congress doesn't act to fund the Department of Homeland Security by Friday, then over 200,000 TSA employees won't be receiving paychecks — but many of them will still have to show up to work.

For TSA Officers, Congress' Inaction On Funding Could Hit Home

7:34pm February 25, 2015

by Ailsa Chang

If Congress doesn't fund the Department of Homeland Security this week, most DHS employees will likely be ordered to stay on the job — and make do without a paycheck until funding is restored.

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TSA agents, like this one at Chicago's Midway International Airport, discovered more than 2,000 firearms at the nation's airports last year â the overwhelming majority of them loaded, according to new data.

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TSA Agents Discovered 2,212 Guns At Airport Checkpoints In 2014

4:08pm January 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Grenades and blades were also found. In most cases, people forgot they had them. Our favorite discovery: a knife in an enchilada. The TSA said "the passenger's intent was delicious, not malicious."

A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport last month. The new federal government guidelines on racial and religious profiling won't apply to the TSA.

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DOJ To Issue New Federal Rules On Profiling

4:14pm December 06, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Justice Department's new rules would prohibit some agents from using factors such as religion to profile, but the rules-change doesn't apply at airports or along the border.