The episode examines the unfolding crisis at U.S. airports due to record-breaking security checkpoint wait times, a direct consequence of the ongoing 45-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). While the shutdown was initiated by congressional Democrats to defund Immi
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