Airport chaos could trigger an end to the government shutdown

Published January 11, 2019 9:51pm ET



Right now, it’s difficult to foresee anything that might force one side to budge to resolve the ongoing partial government shutdown, but one possibility is the looming threat of airport chaos.

With too many Transportation Security Agency workers calling in sick during a government shutdown in which they are being asked to work without pay, Miami International Airport has been forced to close one terminal early for the next three days. This comes on top of planned shutdowns of security checkpoints in airports across the U.S.

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