WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a promised executive action Friday that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same stalled in Congress.

President Donald Trump, left, add House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., seen in shadow, talk on stage at the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Union Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., left, and other Republicans depart a news conference after criticizing the policies of President Joe Biden on immigration and Democratic lawmakers for their stand on the Homeland Security budget stalemate, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A TSA agent assists travelers at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A federal officer, stands at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Senators are reviewing a "last and final" Republican offer to end the funding impasse that disrupted travel.

Travelers stand in a TSA checkpoint line at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

Photos show ICE agents at US airports where the partial government shutdown triggered delays

Passengers wait in a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A Federal immigration officer directs passengers through a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Passengers wait in a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

An airport employee holds a sign at the end of a TSA line, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

A closed security checkpoint is seen empty at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

People arrive to queue in a TSA security line at Terminal A of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Travelers line up at a TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent works at the baggage check at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Federal immigration agents are seen at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

A traveler walks inside a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, March 23, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Federal immigration agents are seen at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Federal agents step off the inter-terminal subway as they prepare to leave the George Bush Intercontinental Airport and transfer over to Hobby Airport Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Federal immigration agents peer over railings on the floor above the lines of air travelers progressing to the TSA security checkpoint in Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Air travelers progress through the long lines for the TSA security checkpoint in Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Federal immigration agents walk through Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Travelers wait in line as several screening lines are closed at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La. Monday, March 23, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., Monday, March 23, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

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