The head of the Transportation Security Administration said he was pushed out of President Trump’s new administration. TSA Administrator David Pekoske told staff late Monday morning that he had been advised by Trump’s transition team that “my time as your Administrator will end at noon ET today,

Pekoske, who began serving as the Administrator of the TSA in 2017, has been told to step down by the inaugurated Trump administration with immediate e

US President Donald Trump dismisses TSA and Coast Guard leaders, disbands aviation security advisory committee, impacting national safety oversight.

US President Donald Trump rapidly revamped the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing key figures including TSA and Coast Guard leaders. Aviation security oversight was notably affected, with advisory group eliminations raising safety concerns.

David Pekoske, head of the TSA, was ousted by Trump's administration. A former vice commandant of the Coast Guard, he served as TSA Administrator since 2017. Concerns arose over TSA actions, including adding Tulsi Gabbard,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday night that it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.

The memo didn’t give any reason as to why Trump ousted Pekoske, a former vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. The TSA Administrator was first appointed by Trump during his first term in 2017 ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment and an "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.

TSA officials say that’s a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 detected in 2023. The agency also detected more than 6,000 firearms nationwide in 2024. TSA officials want to remind ...

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