House Republicans reject Senate bid to end US airport chaos

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson rejected a Senate-passed bill that would fund the Transportation Security Administration, claiming it leaves out funding for multiple agencies that do border or immigration work

US House Republicans on Friday effectively shot down a Senate effort to end a weeks-long budget standoff that has forced thousands of airport security staff to work without pay, likely extending the lapse in federal funding.

The speaker of the House, Republican Mike Johnson, blasted the Senate bill as a "joke" and said his side would introduce competing legislation that would fully fund Transportation Security Administration staff as well as immigration agents and Border Patrol personnel.