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https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/23/dhs-reversed-tsa-precheck-pause/The Department of Homeland Security’s plans to temporarily suspend TSA PreCheck were conceived by DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem and her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, but then pulled back after the White House intervened, according to a White House official and a person close to the Trump administration.
The back-and-forth led to brief confusion about what measures the agency planned to take in light of the partial government shutdown, which stems from a congressional impasse over funding for DHS. The department said Saturday that it planned to halt PreCheck, a popular program that allows certain travelers to move through airport security faster, starting at 6 a.m. Sunday, only to reverse itself hours later. The people spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
The initial announcement received swift pushback from Democrats and air and travel industry groups. Social media users posted Sunday morning that TSA PreCheck lines were operating as planned. The agency has said that Global Entry, a program run by Customs and Border Protection, will remain paused.
A White House spokesperson referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security. A DHS spokesperson did not address whether Noem and Lewandowski came up with the idea to temporarily suspend TSA PreCheck or whether the White House intervened.
“We decided to handle TSA pre-check on an airport-by-airport basis depending on workforce and resource strain instead of a blanket policy,” the DHS spokesperson said in a statement. “If the government stays shutdown, we will be forced to implement these emergency measures nationwide to mitigate resource and workforce strain. This political game by the Democrats is putting strain on our TSA workers who are working without pay.”
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