Updated on: March 17, 2026 / 9:11 PM EDT / CBS/AP

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Air travelers faced hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays on Tuesday in the wake of powerful storms that struck the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard. Many airports also continue to struggle with disruption from reduced staffing at often-jammed security checkpoints amid a partial government shutdown that has lasted more than a month.

The partial shutdown that started Feb. 14 has held up paychecks for employees of the Transportation Security Administration as Congress deadlocked over immigration issues.…