Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Monday, March 23rd, 2026. And we begin with a new

twist in the TSA tug of war. According to the New York Times, starting today, federal immigration

agents will take up position at airports across the country and ease the long security screening

lines plaguing spring break travel.

President Trump made the decision over the weekend as the five-week-long partial government shutdown forces 50,000 TSA agents to work without pay, call out sick or quit altogether.

In Atlanta, wait times over the weekend again topped three hours.

Congressional Democrats

blame Republicans. Republicans blame Democrats, but it's the flying public standing in line.

If you're traveling through Portland International in Oregon, however, the weight may be significantly

more bearable thanks to a few very large four-legged hairballs. The airport brings in llamas and alpacas once a month, not in response to the TSA trouble,

just an acknowledgement that everyday travel is stressful.

The animals appreciate attention and are hard to miss.

Each is six feet tall, weighs 450 pounds, and is dressed in holiday attire or randomly as pirates or cowboys.

NASA's massive moon rocket is back in position and ready to fly.

The 322 foot tall space launch system and Orion capsule made another painstakingly slow trek

from its Cape Canaveral

hangar to launch pad 39B on Friday. It was the rocket's second four-mile 11-hour crawl. The first

slow-motion rollout shifted into reverse after engineers found a helium leak during rehearsal.

With the repair now complete, NASA is targeting 624 p.m. on April 1st for liftoff.

The crew of four astronauts is already in quarantine, which is a pre-flight requirement so

crews don't get sick and force NASA to scrub a mission.

This one will last 10 days and take astronauts deeper into space than humans have ever traveled.

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