impasse
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TSA agents, who manage US airport security, have not been paid in more than a month due to the impasse.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
"I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk posted on X.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
European Union officials remain hopeful they can resolve the impasse in the coming days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Anderson says the men have reached an impasse and is asking a judge to dissolve their business connections.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The main outline of the visible and available evidence, however, reveals a man questioning his own characteristic excesses, which had somehow put him on a course that led to the current impasse.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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