Former White House official Ha Nguyen McNeill has been appointed as the acting head of the Transportation Security ...

The Trump administration has tapped a former White House official to serve as the acting head of the 60,000-employee ...

The Trump administration appointed Ha Nguyen McNeill as the acting head of the TSA after ousting David Pekoske. Challenges include a record number of passengers and a lawsuit by the TSA union against ...

TSA Administrator David Pekoske at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2023. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The head of the Transportation Security Administration said he was pushed out of ...

“While it is certainly promising that the rate of passengers bringing firearms to the checkpoint has decreased, one firearm at the checkpoint is too many,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske was ...

The federation and the TSA’s then-administrator, David Pekoske, signed the collective bargaining agreement in May of last year. It came amid a push by Homeland Security to improve the pay for ...

“One firearm at a checkpoint is too many,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a news release. “Firearms present a safety risk for our employees and everyone else at the checkpoint. It’s also ...

“Passengers may travel with a firearm, but it must be in their checked baggage,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement. “Firearms are only permitted in checked baggage, unloaded in a ...

In January, Trump forced out TSA Administrator David Pekoske, whose term did not expire until 2027. McNeill served as the TSA's chief of staff during Trump's first term and previously worked at ...