Cecilia Lei

TSA workers could finally get paid this week after President Trump's executive order last Friday directed paychecks to go out.

Travelers are hoping for a quick relief to wait times as staffers return to work, but even if they do, the crisis has been delayed, not resolved.

The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which has left airports severely understaffed, is still in effect, and it's now the longest government shutdown in U.S.

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As Sahil Kapoor from NBC News told us, it could drag on for a while yet.

Lawmakers were in frantic, last-minute negotiations on Friday, but their efforts ultimately failed.

The Senate managed to pass a bipartisan measure that funded parts of the DHS, including TSA, and leave negotiations over ICE for another day.

That would have put a more definitive end to the chaos that's been choking airports.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had strong words for his Senate colleagues, including those in his own party.

Instead, Johnson moved ahead with a different piece of legislation in the House.

Kapoor says the whole situation is, in a word, bizarre.

Kapoor told us that Trump has appeared disconnected from the process in Congress and hasn't pushed his party into a single direction.

Instead, he intervened with an executive order late on Friday.

Kapoor notes it's unclear how long Trump can reroute that money or how much he can spend and whether or not his executive order will face any legal challenges.

The ICE operation may be winding down in Minneapolis, but its impact is still being felt.

The spotlight was back on the city over the weekend when it hosted the flagship anti-Trump No Kings rally, which drew 200,000 people, and a protest performance by Bruce Springsteen.

The song paid tribute to Rene Good and Alex Preti, two American citizens killed by federal agents during the so-called Operation Metro Surge.

Over two months, thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents conducted raids in businesses and public settings.

Minneapolis quickly became a flashpoint in Trump's immigration crackdown, and now the economic hangover is starting to emerge.

Joe Barrett from The Wall Street Journal has been looking into how that intense period affected local businesses.