Kim Vinnell

Reporter David Shepardson says TSA workers are about to see some much needed relief.

Now that TSA is getting funded, David says there's an open question as to whether Congress will come to an agreement on the rest of the spending bill.

Hi, I'm Kim Vinnell in Whanganui, New Zealand.

It's Wednesday, March 25th.

Today.

Small signs of progress as TSA agents wait for pay with ice on the ground at US airports.

Thousands more US paratroopers are expected to be sent to the Middle East.

Meta is ordered to pay millions in a case over child safety.

And Epic Games is cutting jobs as Fortnite wanes in popularity.

This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, 7 days a week.

We begin in Phoenix, Arizona, where ICE agents sent to help TSA agents at the International Airport have left some travelers like Mike and Diane from Oregon uneasy.

It was very intimidating and it's scary.

I'm scared.

At least they don't have masks on.

They didn't have masks on.

ICE agents were deployed to more than a dozen airports to help with a TSA in crisis.

Because while ICE is still getting paid, thanks to President Donald Trump's spending bill passed last year, TSA officers haven't been paid for weeks, with lawmakers in D.C.

so far unable to agree on terms to turn their funding back on.

Here's TSA employee and union member Pascual Contreras back in Phoenix.

On Monday, more than 10% of all TSA officers across the country missed work.