Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the ongoing government shutdown, an attempt to breach the Senate filibuster and growing concerns over potentially missed federal pay on ‘Varney & Co.’
Some major airports across the US are refusing to play a video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, which has caused significant flight delays.
Those airports are in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Charlotte, N.C., and Cleveland, Ohio, according to reports. Three New York airports are also reportedly refusing to play the video.
“Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government and because of this, many of our operations are impacted and the majority of our TSA employees are working without pay,” Noem said. 37 second video Received by Fox News.
Two Northwest airports, Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) and Portland, told The Local fox 13 seattle Their reasons for not playing the video.
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Passengers check in at the American Airlines counter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, United States on October 10, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua/Getty Images)
Sea-Tac employees tell TV station they support bipartisan efforts end shutdown And they are working to support unpaid workers.
Portland Airport staff released a statement obtained by FOX 13 saying they did not agree to air the video because they believe it violates the Hatch Act and Oregon state law, both of which prohibit government employees from engaging in partisan political activities.
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A person checks the flight information display board at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on October 10, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua/Getty Images)
Reuters reported that about 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are required to report to work during the government shutdown, but they are not being paid.
They are scheduled to receive partial pay this week for work done before the shutdown began.
An American Airlines plane taxis at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on November 9, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. (Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images)
Both Republican and Democratic leaders blame the other side for the shutdown that began on October 1. Congress failed Approving new expenditure legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, “Every day that Republicans refuse to negotiate to end this shutdown, it gets worse for Americans, and it becomes clearer who is fighting for them.”
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In 2019, during a 35-day shutdown, the number of absences for controllers and TSA officers increased as workers did not receive pay, leading to increased checkpoint wait times at some airports. Authorities were then forced to slow air traffic in New York, putting pressure on lawmakers to quickly end the standoff.
Reuters contributed to this report.
