{"id":81732,"date":"2026-03-26T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81732"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:23:57","slug":"houston-close-to-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/houston-close-to-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Close To Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b6b617f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7613x5075+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F54%2F29%2F2140fb86ea775c9af128ea198060%2Ff8ef7dd064aa4eb88979194ece764e23\" alt=\"Passengers wait in a security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo\/David J. Phillip)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has become the symbol for how the ongoing\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/tsa-government-shutdown-ice-03-25-2026\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">partial government shutdown<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has wreaked havoc on the nation\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/airport-wait-times-shutdown-dhs-congress-tsa-391cbd731bed2e8433ab7f1a96ca9663\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">air travel system<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0While long security lines have hobbled airports across the U.S., Bush Intercontinental\u2019s problems have been more pronounced. Frustrated travelers at Houston\u2019s largest airport have confronted warnings of four-hour wait times to get through security, as many\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tsa-lines-airport-wait-times-shutdown-5b1abfe9f0ec32475fe2bdad88dd9174\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Transportation Security Administration workers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0aren\u2019t showing up for their shifts since they\u2019re\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/for-airline-travelers-the-shutdown-answer-is-simple-pay-tsa-officers-f18ea2ba055a498db2acd6d21057074b\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">not getting paid<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve been in this airport since 8 o\u2019clock in the morning. Very tired, queuing and queuing and very slow,\u201d Edgaer Fernando, who was traveling to Guatemala, said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1774513437\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Houston Close To Shutdown\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has become the symbol for how the ongoing\u00a0partial government shutdown\u00a0has wreaked havoc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}