President Donald Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to re-route funding so Transportation Security Administration employees can be paid during the ongoing shutdown, even as many other DHS workers remain unpaid. DHS said TSA workers could start seeing paychecks as early as March 30, with the money reportedly coming from funding with a connection to TSA operations.\n\nThe move comes as a Senate-passed DHS funding deal appeared to be collapsing in the House. About 60,000 TSA employees have been going without pay, including 47,000 security officers, and the agency has seen rising absenteeism, long airport screening lines, and nearly 500 resignations since the shutdown began. Democrats blasted the administration for waiting 41 days to act, while DHS praised Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for getting money back into workers\u2019 pockets\u00b7