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Last updated: 2026-03-17 18:03:15 ET
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Updated Mar 17, 2026 5:06 PM ET
A partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security has forced 50,000 TSA officers to work without pay, creating pileups in airport security lines nationwide. The U.S. government warned it may be forced to shut down some airports entirely if the funding standoff continues. Senate Democrats sent a counteroffer to Trump, but negotiations remain stalled.
Airlines face operational disruption and potential revenue loss if airports close. Travel and hospitality stocks are at risk; logistics and supply chain companies dependent on air freight face delays. Prolonged shutdown increases systemic economic drag.
Shutdown-driven airport closures would represent a rare escalation in government dysfunction, with direct GDP impact. Political gridlock over DHS funding signals deeper budget negotiations ahead.
American ports are far removed from the conflict in the Middle East, but they are seeing rising bunker-fuel prices and increased uncertainty.
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti's gang-controlled capital, there's an orphanage taking in the most at-risk kids. It's run by bestselling author Mitch Albom a...
Israel says it has killed two senior Iranian intelligence officials as oil loading reportedly resumes in the UAE's Fujairah port following a fire.
The fire in Fujairah, caused by debris from an intercepted drone, had disrupted operations in a key crude oil loading port in the Gulf.
Photos show a major fire at a key UAE oil port, a day after the US struck a major Iranian depot
A Greek oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk
The threat of a drone attack on California by Iran that prompted a warning by the FBI was ‘not credible,’ according to a Los Angeles port executiv...
The White House is considering waiving a 1920 law that requires goods transported between U.S. ports be carried on U.S.-owned ships as global shipping disruptions continue due to Iran war.
Jones Act waivers are under consideration to ensure energy and agriculture products flow to U.S. ports, the White House says.
Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.
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