US officials: If the government funding shortage issue remains unresolved, some airports may have to be closed.

According to Mars Finance, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday, March 17, that if the government funding shortage continues, some smaller airports may be forced to close in the coming weeks due to security personnel shortages. The partial government shutdown has already resulted in 50,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security personnel working without pay for the past month, with 10% of them not reporting to work on Sundays. "As this situation continues, we will indeed need to take very serious measures, such as possibly closing airports completely—especially the smaller ones," TSA Acting Deputy Administrator Adam Starr told Fox News. (Jinshi)