Trump directs DHS chief to pay TSA agents as talks to end shutdown break down
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President Donald Trump directed his newly installed Department of Homeland Security chief to swiftly pay Transportation Security Administration agents in a bid to reduce long lines at airports, as talks to fund the department collapsed on Capitol Hill.
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