Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 23, 2026. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: The DHS shutdown is causing chaos at airports, but Donald Trump has his own set of priorities.

What’s happening? Lawmakers are negotiating this week over a possible measure to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security — but not ICE — before a scheduled Easter recess starting on Saturday. The ongoing DHS shutdown has meant that TSA workers are not getting paid, and some are either quitting or calling out sick, resulting in increasingly long security lines at airports.

Those talks are facing their own difficulties — Sen.…