Trump orders airport security paid as travellers face hours-long queues

BBC:

President Donald Trump said he will sign an order to pay airport security workers, as air travellers across the US face hours-long queues during a partial government shutdown.

Trump wrote in a social media post that he was instructing the Department of Homeland Security “to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation”, without providing details.

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents have quit since the shutdown began in February.

Here’s what we know about the current situation.