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Coverage dated March 20, 2026

Elon Musk Offers To Pay TSA Salaries As Partial Government Shutdown Continues

Headline from Forbes

The average salary for a transportation security screener is just over $60,000.

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  1. Townhall

    Elon Musk Offers a Lifeline to Unpaid TSA Workers Amid DHS Shutdown (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    Elon Musk offers to pay TSA workers during the DHS shutdown amid congressional funding deadlock.

  2. Forbes

    Elon Musk Offers To Pay TSA Salaries As Partial Government Shutdown Continues (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The average salary for a transportation security screener is just over $60,000.

  3. New York Post

    Elon Musk’s bold move that could upend TSA workers’ pay standoff amid DHS shutdown (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Elon Musk offered to cover the salaries of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel during the ongoing government funding standoff.

  4. FOX Business

    Elon Musk offers to pay TSA workers' salaries amid DHS budget standoff (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Elon Musk has offered to pay TSA workers as a funding dispute disrupts airports nationwide.

  5. Newsweek

    TSA crisis update: Elon Musk offers to pay salaries during funding impasse (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Elon Musk has said the funding impasse for the Department of Homeland Security is "negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans."

  6. Legal Insurrection

    Musk Offers to Pay TSA Workers Amid Shutdown (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans."

  7. Breitbart News

    Elon Musk Offers to Cover Pay for TSA Agents as Shutdown Drags On (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Elon Musk is offering to cover the salaries of TSA personnel during the ongoing partial government shutdown.

  8. Insider

    Elon Musk offers to pay the salaries of TSA agents (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Elon Musk wants to pay the salaries of TSA agents who have either been working unpaid or not showing up for work, causing huge lines at US airports.

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