TSA PreCheck Suspended; The Airport is About to be Hell
Amy & T.J.
iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Department of Homeland Security made a late night announcement: TSA PreCheck and Global Entry are suspended until lawmakers reach a deal to fund DHS. Democrats, and the airlines themselves, have accused the administration of using Americans as a “political football” to try and end another government shutdown.
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| 1:02.9 | Hey there folks. |
| 1:08.8 | It is Sunday, February 22nd, and I sure as hell hope you are not heading to the airport today. |
| 1:13.0 | You are going to be waking up to some really disturbing news. |
| 1:22.3 | The Trump administration, blaming the shutdown, has now made a move that could potentially cause chaos at airports. |
| 1:24.8 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. |
| 1:27.5 | I hated to even give you this news when you woke up this morning, |
| 1:34.9 | but overnight we did get word. TSA precheck is being suspended as of this morning. |
| 1:40.5 | You said it was going to be potentially disruptive. I'm going to take that a step further and say it's almost assuredly going to be chaos at the airports because yes they have |
| 1:45.7 | shut down temporarily TSA pre-check but also global entry so if you're coming into the |
| 1:53.9 | United States say you went off on a European vacation this week it's winter break for a lot of |
| 1:58.3 | students you're coming back in. You think you're |
| 2:00.9 | going to just breeze through global entry. Nope. You're going to be stuck in line for an hour or so |
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