from executive producer isaac saul this is tangle good morning good afternoon and good evening and the Tangle podcast, a place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of our take.

I'm your host today, senior editor Will Kayback.

If you've been following the news over the past week or even just browsing social media,

you've probably seen the videos of some insane security lines at airports across the United States.

And of course, that connects back to the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security

and specifically the staffing challenges that TSA is having as a result of that shutdown.

So there is no end in sight.

We are about 45 days into that shutdown that began on February 14th.

President Trump did take an action over the weekend to potentially pay TSA agents and address some of the immediate staffing shortages.

But the resolution for the shutdown is about as far away as it was at the beginning.

So we're going to dive into the latest in the shutdown today,

specifically looking at some of what's happening at TSA,

some of the different funding deals that are being proposed in the Senate and the House,

and some of the potential

constitutional issues that could arise as the funding fight continues. Before we jump in, I want to

share a quick clarification and a correction from yesterday's edition. So first off, we wrote that

the U.S. has suffered 13 casualties so far in the war with Iran. We should have clarified

that these were confirmed military fatalities. Over 300 personnel have also been wounded, and

wounded are often included as part of casualty counts in the military. We also wrote that U.S.

F-35s were shot down by friendly fire.

In reality, it was three F-15s that were accidentally downed by Kuwaiti air defenses.

All the crew survived.

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