{"id":8113,"date":"2026-04-10T12:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/in-the-press-privatize-tsa-presidential-budget-cuts-dhs-oversight-and-3-percent-deficit-target-the-debt-dispatch\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:34:19","slug":"in-the-press-privatize-tsa-presidential-budget-cuts-dhs-oversight-and-3-percent-deficit-target-the-debt-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/in-the-press-privatize-tsa-presidential-budget-cuts-dhs-oversight-and-3-percent-deficit-target-the-debt-dispatch\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Press: Privatize TSA, Presidential Budget Cuts, DHS Oversight, and 3 Percent Deficit Target – The Debt Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Myah Ward and Oriana Pawlyk write in <\/span>Politico<\/a><\/em>, \u201cThe partial government shutdown and President Donald Trump\u2019s budget proposal are adding new momentum to a conservative push to privatize airport security screening.\u201d They quote Chris Edwards on expanding the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), a private screening pilot created alongside TSA:<\/span>
The SPP could become the foundation for eventually privatizing airport security screening altogether, said Chris Edwards, who examines federal agency spending at the libertarian Cato Institute. He cited the example of some European countries and Canada, where airport security is already run by private security screening companies.
\u201cFrom a safety perspective, there\u2019s no reason why not,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cWe can do this incrementally by expanding the SPP program\u201d with more airports, he said, but then eventually allowing them greater flexibility to decide how \u2014 and by whom \u2014 screening is carried out.
Edwards said airports vary widely in their traffic patterns, with peaks and lulls depending on location and demand. He said that\u2019s often hard to staff adequately with TSA screeners, leading to mismatches between staffing and demand that can result in long lines or idle capacity.
\u201cWe have these 20 airports with experience now,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cLet\u2019s get them in and testify to Congress about how it\u2019s working.\u201d
Tony Romm <\/span>reports<\/a> in the<\/span> New York Times <\/em>on the political dynamics surrounding Trump\u2019s FY2027 budget proposal. Romm quotes Dominik Lett on why spending cuts face an uphill battle:<\/span>
\u201cAcross-the-board cuts are hard sells, particularly during the midterms,\u201d said Dominik Lett, a budget policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank. \u201cPoliticians want to signal they\u2019re increasing spending and delivering for their constituents, even if in reality, the cuts in the future will be much more significant and draconian if we don\u2019t take responsible action today.\u201d
Lindsey Wilkinson <\/span>reports<\/a> in <\/span>FedScoop <\/em>that the White House\u2019s FY2027 budget would trim the DHS inspector general\u2019s workforce by 85 full-time employees and cut nearly $22 million in funding. Wilkinson quotes David Bier on the cuts:<\/span>
\u201cAt no point in DHS\u2019s history has oversight been more needed than now because the base budget has expanded so rapidly,\u201d David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, said in an email to FedScoop.
\u201cThe IG budget should expand proportionally to the overall budget, but not only has it not expanded, the administration proposes to reduce it,\u201d Bier said. \u201cThe result will be more violations of congressional requirements on appropriations and more waste, fraud, and abuse.\u201d
The House Budget Committee <\/span>compiled<\/a> statements from leading voices on a 3 percent deficit-to-GDP target following last week\u2019s hearing on fiscal sustainability. Romina Boccia weighed in on what the target needs to succeed:<\/span>
\u201cA 3 percent of GDP deficit limit offers a clear, credible benchmark to guide policymakers and help reassure markets that Congress is serious about stabilizing the nation\u2019s finances. It brings much-needed focus to the worsening debt crisis.
\u201cTo reach the target goal, lawmakers should pair it with an effective mechanism to enact needed reforms, such as a fiscal commission. Pursued seriously, a 3 percent of GDP deficit target can help put the federal budget on a more sustainable path.\u201d
This article first appeared at The Daily Economy, an imprint of the American Institute for Economic Research, on April 6, 2026. Read it here.
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Myah Ward and Oriana Pawlyk write in Politico, \u201cThe partial government shutdown and President Donald Trump\u2019s budget proposal are adding new momentum to a conservative push to privatize airport security screening.\u201d They quote Chris Edwards on expanding the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), a private screening pilot created alongside TSA:The SPP could become the foundation for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}