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Good morning and welcome to kid news. I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. And we begin with

trouble in the TSA line with wait times to get through security at certain U.S. airports

clocking in at more than three hours. The reason the spring break crush, combined with a

partial shutdown of the federal government, which means for the second time in six months,

agents aren't getting paid, and some aren't showing up. Not all airports are affected, but staffing

shortages are rocking travelers in New Orleans, Houston, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Atlanta's

Hartfield. In some cases, the queue of passengers snake through terminals into baggage claim

and out the door into the parking garage. We'd say check the MyTSA mobile app if you have flight plans, but the Department of Homeland

Security isn't updating it during the shutdown.

As for the airlines, execs say this couldn't have come at a worse time.

A record-breaking 171 million Americans are expected to fly during these spring break weeks, about 4% more than last year.

All eyes are on the fate of the Iranian women's soccer team. During a match last week in Australia,

the players protested their government by standing silent during the Iranian National Anthem. That led a

commentator on state-run television

in their home country to label them wartime traitors and openly call for their punishment.

Concerns for their safety mounted when reports surfaced that at least one of the women was seen

flashing a help sign from the team bus. Others fled their Australian hotel so they wouldn't have to go back,

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