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TSA Pushes to Expand Private Security at Airport Checkpoints

NY Times · May 20, 2026, 9:00 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.

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