The email was confirmed by a federal agency spokesperson familiar with the matter, who said TSA employees were excluded because they are considered part of national security. There are around 65,000 people at the TSA and the agency said it had screened a record 904 million individuals at airport checkpoints during 2024.

Two days after US federal workers were presented with a deferred resignation offer, the Transportation Security Administration clarified to its tens of thousands of employees that they weren’t allowed to participate.

Members of the Minnesota skating community discuss the D.C. crash; Braham man billed $47,000 by Norwegian Cruise Line for flu treatment.

Federal workers in Colorado face a life-altering decision this week — tender their resignations or hold firm and face future rounds of belt-tightening.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said its 65,000-member workforce is exempt from a Trump administration offer to quit jobs in exchange for pay and benefits through September 30. The TSA screened 904 million passengers in 2024,

Judge pauses Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer to federal workers A federal judge paused Thursday’s deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s so-called “deferred resignation” offer while more court proceedings on the program’s legality play out.