Trump Orders Federal Funds for TSA to Try to Solve Pain at Airports

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Mar. 27. President Trump directs federal officials to pay TSA workers, bypassing a gridlocked Congress. Plus, the Dow joins the Nasdaq in correction territory, meaning both indexes are down 10% from recent highs. What’s News in Markets host Imani Moise says investors expect more pain from the war in the Middle East. WSJ chief foreign-affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov joins from Dubai to discuss how countries in the Gulf are growing more hawkish on Iran. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	President Trump takes executive action to pay TSA workers after funding efforts in Congress
0:39.1	break down. Plus, countries in the Gulf are bracing for more war. And Wall Street is
0:44.9	trading like the worst from the Iran conflict is yet to come. Really, what's driving stocks down
0:49.9	is fear. So the market is digesting a geopolitical shock,
0:57.1	a sudden war in Iran that's sent oil prices surging.
0:59.6	Everyone is bracing.
1:01.7	It's Friday, March 27th.
1:04.1	I'm Alex Oslov for the Wall Street Journal.
1:06.8	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories
1:09.0	that move the world today.
1:16.5	Thank you. the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. President Trump has taken action to pay TSA workers by passing a Congress in gridlock.
1:22.6	House Republican leaders today rejected a bill that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security
1:27.5	that had already passed in the Senate. As you heard on this morning show, senators just after 2 a.m.
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