<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News Travel</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News Travel</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News Travel</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dc:creator>Allie Canal</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Trump administration is discussing a $500 million rescue deal for Spirit Airlines that could leave the federal government owning up to 90% of the company.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-bailout-concerns-rcna341526</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-bailout-concerns-rcna341526</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-vl-535p-83c057.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1359" width="2000"><media:credit>Justin Sullivan</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A yellow Spirit Airlines planes can be seen flying above a barbed wire fence in the foreground</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines plane lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport, in Burbank, Calif., on April 16, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-vl-535p-83c057.jpg" height="1359" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</pubDate><title>Possible $500M Spirit Airlines bailout by Trump admin fuels warning from experts</title><updateDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:08 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Steve Kopack</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dc:creator>Garrett Haake</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:43:58 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Spirit Airlines, a discount carrier, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in under a year. It&#39;s in talks with the Trump administration for a bailout.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-trump-administration-bailout-rcna341430</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/spirit-airlines-trump-administration-bailout-rcna341430</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-ew-1053a-0d4fb1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Patrick T. Fallon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320</media:text><media:description type="plain">A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport on April 17, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-spirit-airlines-ew-1053a-0d4fb1.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:43:58 GMT</pubDate><title>Spirit Airlines nears deal with Trump administration for $500 million rescue package</title><updateDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:29:10 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Tim Stelloh</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Maya Rosenberg</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:34:40 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>A man who said his wife fell from a boat in the Bahamas has been arrested, his attorney said Thursday, five days after she was reported missing in the Caribbean nation.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-opens-criminal-investigation-american-woman-missing-bahama-rcna267373</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-opens-criminal-investigation-american-woman-missing-bahama-rcna267373</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260408-Lynette-Hooker-aa-731-0dc9d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>via Facebook</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Lynette Hooker.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Lynette Hooker.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260408-Lynette-Hooker-aa-731-0dc9d8.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:34:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Husband arrested after American woman&#39;s disappearance in Bahamas</title><updateDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:02 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dennis Romero</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Austin Mullen</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Meriam Bouarrouj</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:03:29 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>An American woman was swept out to sea after she fell overboard during an evening dinghy trip with her husband off the Bahamas, police said</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-woman-missing-husband-reports-fell-overboard-bahamas-rcna266823</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-woman-missing-husband-reports-fell-overboard-bahamas-rcna266823</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260405-Hope-town-abaco-aa-926-648e23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Getty Images </media:credit><media:text type="plain">An aerial view of Hope Town, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas in 2022.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Hope Town, Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas in 2022.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260405-Hope-town-abaco-aa-926-648e23.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:03:29 GMT</pubDate><title>American woman missing after husband reports she fell overboard during Bahamas trip</title><updateDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:33:30 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kyle Stewart</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:35:13 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>House and Senate Republican leaders jointly announced a plan Wednesday to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-announce-plan-end-dhs-shutdown-tsa-airport-delays-rcna266286</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-announce-plan-end-dhs-shutdown-tsa-airport-delays-rcna266286</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-02/260228-Mike-Johnson-John-Thune-ch-1115-85b1b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Tom Williams</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Mike Johnson and John Thune.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol last year.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-02/260228-Mike-Johnson-John-Thune-ch-1115-85b1b3.jpg" height="1667" 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Nagle</media:credit><media:text type="plain">US Airlines Cut Flights, More To Come As Shutdown Drags On</media:text><media:description type="plain">A JetBlue plane at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 7, 2025. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260331-jetblue-southwest-airport-mb-1241-e64102.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:33:55 GMT</pubDate><title>A global jet fuel shortage is raising the cost of air travel </title><updateDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:33:55 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Lavietes</dc:creator><dc:creator>Maya Rosenberg</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Mirna Alsharif</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:31:18 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Colombian officials discovered a body Friday amid the search for a U.S. flight attendant who went missing in the country last weekend</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/body-found-colombia-missing-us-flight-attendant-rcna265592</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/body-found-colombia-missing-us-flight-attendant-rcna265592</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260328-american-airlines-ch-1048-6083b5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Nicolas Economou</media:credit><media:text type="plain">American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner Departs From Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.</media:text><media:description type="plain">United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger aircraft spotted departing from the runway of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands on April 10, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260328-american-airlines-ch-1048-6083b5.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:31:18 GMT</pubDate><title>Body found in Colombia amid search for missing U.S. flight attendant</title><updateDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:36:51 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Mirna Alsharif</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Travelers frustrated by long security lines may not see immediate relief, even as Transportation Security Administration officers begin receiving pay again on Monday after working without wages for more than a month during the partial government shutdown</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-line-wait-times-at-airports-rcna265613</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-line-wait-times-at-airports-rcna265613</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260326-tsa-airport-ch-1025-aa40b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Elijah Nouvelage</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A TSA agent at a screening checkpoint.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A TSA agent at a screening checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260326-tsa-airport-ch-1025-aa40b1.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</pubDate><title>When will TSA lines go back to normal? Travelers may face delays for days or weeks</title><updateDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:54:16 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Melanie Zanona</dc:creator><dc:creator>Ryan Nobles</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kyle Stewart</dc:creator><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Brennan Leach</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Katie Taylor</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:48:31 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The vote came hours after President Donald Trump signed an order directing DHS to pay TSA workers, who haven&#39;t received paychecks despite working during the funding lapse.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-johnson-dhs-house-rebels-senate-bill-ice-cbp-rcna265507</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-johnson-dhs-house-rebels-senate-bill-ice-cbp-rcna265507</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-mike-johnson-ch-1306-ea33c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Tasos Katopodis</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Mike Johnson.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on March 25, 2026 on Capitol Hill.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-mike-johnson-ch-1306-ea33c7.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:48:31 GMT</pubDate><title>House Republicans pass DHS funding bill that Senate Democrats call &#39;dead on arrival&#39;</title><updateDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:49:40 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Owen Hayes</dc:creator><dc:creator>Brennan Leach</dc:creator><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Lauren Zola</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Raquel Coronell Uribe</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:16:22 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Senate voted unanimously early Friday to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-agrees-fund-dhs-ice-border-patrol-bid-shutdown-tsa-pay-delays-rcna265108</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-agrees-fund-dhs-ice-border-patrol-bid-shutdown-tsa-pay-delays-rcna265108</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-16x9-tsa-lga-mb-1246-c34e76.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1406" width="2500"><media:credit>Gabrielle Korein</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Long wait lines at a TSA checkpoint at New York&#39;s LaGuardia airport on March 27, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Long wait lines at a TSA checkpoint at New York&#39;s LaGuardia airport on March 27, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260327-16x9-tsa-lga-mb-1246-c34e76.jpg" height="1406" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:16:22 GMT</pubDate><title>Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and CBP, in bid to end extreme airport delays</title><updateDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:38:45 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Patrick Smith</dc:creator><dc:creator>Rebecca Cohen</dc:creator><dc:creator>Elizabeth Chuck</dc:creator><dc:creator>Minyvonne Burke</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Tom Costello</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:00:40 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The two pilots killed in the collision between a passenger jet and a Port Authority fire truck at New York&#39;s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/know-laguardia-plane-fire-truck-crash-rcna264856</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/know-laguardia-plane-fire-truck-crash-rcna264856</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260324-Antoine-Forest-rs-01d065.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="2500" width="2500"><media:credit>via Facebook</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Antoine Forest, one of the pilots who reportedly died in the LaGuardia plane collision</media:text><media:description type="plain">Antoine Forest, one of the pilots who reportedly died in the LaGuardia plane collision</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260324-Antoine-Forest-3x2-rs-c9cc39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>via Facebook</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Antoine Forest, one of the pilots who reportedly died in the LaGuardia plane collision.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Antoine Forest, one of the pilots who reportedly died in the LaGuardia plane collision.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260324-Jack-Cabot-ew-137p-ac0414.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="948" width="759"><media:credit>Courtesy Jack Cabot</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Jack Cabot.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Jack Cabot.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260323-laguardia-airport-plane-crash-vl-304p-28e2e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Seth Wenig</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A destroyed plane is seen on the tarmac outside</media:text><media:description type="plain">Officials investigate the site where an Air Canada jet came to rest after it collided with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260324-Antoine-Forest-rs-01d065.jpg" height="2500" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:00:40 GMT</pubDate><title>What we know about the LaGuardia plane and fire truck crash</title><updateDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:21:11 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Julie Tsirkin</dc:creator><dc:creator>Garrett Haake</dc:creator><dc:creator>Ryan Nobles</dc:creator><dc:creator>Brennan Leach</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Kyle Stewart</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Katie Taylor</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:52:22 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Senate Republicans are buzzing with optimism that they’ve found path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end long airport delays.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-tout-deal-end-dhs-shutdown-airport-delays-rcna264909</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-tout-deal-end-dhs-shutdown-airport-delays-rcna264909</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260323-Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta--rs-288839.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Elijah Nouvelage</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Trump Says He&#39;s Ready To Deploy ICE To Airports On Monday</media:text><media:description type="plain">Travelers wait in a TSA line in Atlanta on Monday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260323-Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta--rs-288839.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:52:22 GMT</pubDate><title>Senate Republicans believe they have a solution to reopen DHS and end airport chaos</title><updateDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:52:22 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Ryan Nobles</dc:creator><dc:creator>Julie Tsirkin</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:59 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Senate Majority Leader John Thune discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and end long lines at airports, funding DHS but not ICE. 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Kennedy International Airport, in New York City, on March 23, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260323-ice-airport-vl-1106a-a47b0c.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:19:33 GMT</pubDate><title>ICE agents sent to airports to assist TSA as partial shutdown drags on</title><updateDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:19:33 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Scott Wong</dc:creator><dc:creator>Frank Thorp V</dc:creator><dc:creator>Brennan Leach</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Julie Tsirkin</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Melanie Zanona</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Katie Taylor</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:22:23 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Department of Homeland Security shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/bipartisan-talks-end-homeland-security-shutdown-get-serious-rcna264322</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/bipartisan-talks-end-homeland-security-shutdown-get-serious-rcna264322</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260319-TSA-lines-ch-1417-ced1ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Antranik Tavitian</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People wait in line for TSA.</media:text><media:description type="plain">People wait in line at Terminal E at George Bush International Airport on March 19, 2026, in Houston.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260319-TSA-lines-ch-1417-ced1ed.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:22:23 GMT</pubDate><title>Bipartisan talks to end Homeland Security standoff get serious as shutdown drags on</title><updateDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:22:23 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Corky Siemaszko</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:17:59 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Philadelphia International Airport announced it was temporarily closing two more Transportation Security Administration checkpoints starting Wednesday due to ongoing TSA staffing shortages</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travel-woes-mount-philadelphia-fliers-tsa-closes-security-checkpoints-rcna264111</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travel-woes-mount-philadelphia-fliers-tsa-closes-security-checkpoints-rcna264111</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260318-philadelphia-tsa-bf-1259-872cdb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ryan Collerd</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in October 2025 in Philadelphia.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in October 2025 in Philadelphia.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260318-philadelphia-tsa-bf-1259-872cdb.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:17:59 GMT</pubDate><title>Travel woes mount for Philadelphia flyers as TSA closes more security checkpoints</title><updateDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:14:37 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Emily Lorsch</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:00:41 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Major airlines and millions of U.S. travelers are facing a rare set of challenges this spring are making it more costly and less convenient to fly.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/travel-airlines-iran-tsa-jet-fuel-rcna263342</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/travel-airlines-iran-tsa-jet-fuel-rcna263342</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260308-houston-airport-ww-1813-1cb0eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Brett Coomer</media:credit><media:text type="plain">An elevated view of throngs of people in an airport terminal.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Passengers wait in long lines to get through TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston on Sunday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260308-houston-airport-ww-1813-1cb0eb.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:00:41 GMT</pubDate><title>Flying in America is about to get more expensive and less fun</title><updateDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:44:19 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Aaron Gilchrist</dc:creator><dc:creator>Dan Gallo</dc:creator><dc:creator>Doha Madani</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:45:13 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Travelers across the U.S. faced long airport lines after TSA agents missed their first full paycheck during the Department of Homeland Security funding standoff</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-long-lines-rcna263559</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-long-lines-rcna263559</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260315-tsa-airport-vl-312p-1e0e45.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1334" width="2000"><media:credit>Annabelle Gordon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">TSA agents seated at their stations</media:text><media:description type="plain">Travelers and staff walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on March 13, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260315-tsa-airport-vl-312p-1e0e45.jpg" height="1334" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:45:13 GMT</pubDate><title>Long security lines form at airports as TSA officers miss first full paychecks amid DHS standoff</title><updateDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:25:22 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dennis Romero</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Cristian Santana</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:22:38 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>More than 150 people on board a Princess cruise ship touring the Caribbean became ill with norovirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/153-people-princess-cruise-ship-caribbean-infected-norovirus-rcna263523</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/153-people-princess-cruise-ship-caribbean-infected-norovirus-rcna263523</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2024-02/240223-norovirus-ch-1500-b6bd51.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Elijah Nouvelage</media:credit><media:text type="plain">CDC Headquarters sign</media:text><media:description type="plain">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. The agency reported this week that more than 150 people aboard a Princess Cruises vessel were infected with norovirus.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2024-02/240223-norovirus-ch-1500-b6bd51.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:22:38 GMT</pubDate><title>153 people on Princess cruise ship in the Caribbean infected with norovirus </title><updateDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:22:38 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dc:creator>Phil Helsel</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:56:17 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>An overheated circuit board at a Washington, D.C., area radar facility grounded four airports Friday while the source of the chemical odor was investigated, officials said</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-grounded-dc-area-airports-chemical-smell-rcna263435</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-grounded-dc-area-airports-chemical-smell-rcna263435</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260313-Ronald-Reagan-Washington-National-Airport--vsb-2003-339fa0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Drew Angerer</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: US-AVIATION</media:text><media:description type="plain">The control tower is seen from inside a terminal during a ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on March 13, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260313-Ronald-Reagan-Washington-National-Airport--vsb-2004-326029.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Drew Angerer </media:credit><media:text type="plain">Travelers look at a departures screen inside a terminal.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Travelers look at a departures screen inside a terminal during a ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260313-Ronald-Reagan-Washington-National-Airport--vsb-2003-339fa0.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:56:17 GMT</pubDate><title>Overheated circuit board leads to ground stop at D.C. area airports</title><updateDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:23:21 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Corky Siemaszko</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Jay Blackman</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:47:46 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Facing eviction, mounting bills, and with no paycheck in sight, a desperate Transportation Security Administration worker based at an airport in upstate New York sent an SOS to the two senators who represent his state.“I basically asked them for help,” Anthony Riley, a 58-year-old married father of three, told NBC News on Wednesday.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-worker-says-family-paying-price-working-pay-rcna263015</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-worker-says-family-paying-price-working-pay-rcna263015</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/250311-tsa-checkpoint-Houston-mn-1550-498096.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Mark Felix</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Travelers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. </media:text><media:description type="plain">Travelers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260311-riley-family-tsa-mn-1600-f3106d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1204" width="1524"><media:credit>Courtesy Riley</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Anthony Riley is a 58-year-old married father of three.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Anthony Riley is a 58-year-old married father of three.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/250311-tsa-checkpoint-Houston-mn-1550-498096.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:47:46 GMT</pubDate><title>TSA worker says his family is paying the price for his working without pay</title><updateDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:08:15 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Marlene Lenthang</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jay Blackman</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:19:10 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Travel at major U.S. airports turned into a nightmare Sunday, with up to three-hour security wait times and a shortage of TSA workers at the start of spring break travel amid the partial government shutdown</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/major-airports-grapple-hourslong-security-wait-tsa-staffing-shortages-rcna262344</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/major-airports-grapple-hourslong-security-wait-tsa-staffing-shortages-rcna262344</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260308-houston-airport-ww-1813-1cb0eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Brett Coomer</media:credit><media:text type="plain">An elevated view of throngs of people in an airport terminal.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Passengers wait in long lines to get through TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston on Sunday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-02/260214-tsa-ch-1119-d02e44.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Valerie Plesch</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Transportation Security Administration agents.</media:text><media:description type="plain">TSA agents at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., in January. TSA workers, like many other DHS employees, must work without pay until funding is resolved.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260308-houston-airport-ww-1813-1cb0eb.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:19:10 GMT</pubDate><title>Airports grapple with hourslong wait times and TSA shortages amid partial shutdown</title><updateDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:19:10 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Cory Fernandez</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:01:23 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Travel accessory brand July is having a major Warehouse Sale, starting Feb. 28, with carry-on and checked suitcases up to 50% off. 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