As government funding for the Department of Homeland Security remains frozen in Congress, airports are running food drives and accepting donations for security screeners enduring their second stretch without pay in the last six months.   One union is alerting members nationwide to food drives and free pantries for groceries. Airports like Minneapolis-St. Paul and Phoenix are accepting donations such as gasoline gift cards, food, or essentials like baby goods. Seattle-Tacoma's airport has opened a food pantry, while at Dallas Fort Worth International, supervisors are bringing food to checkpoints twice a week.   Atlanta's ‌Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is giving out vouchers for one free meal per shift. Screeners are also getting free parking and public transport passes  https://reut.rs/4d28R0i

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lauded former Fed Chair Paul Volcker's "willingness to resist" political pressure as he fought inflation in the 1980s, remarks that have particular resonance as Powell presses his own defense ‌of the Fed's independence amid the Trump administration's efforts to get him to lower rates https://reut.rs/4t09igb

Robert Mueller, the former FBI chief who documented Russia's interference in the 2016 US election and its contacts with Donald Trump's campaign but opted not to bring criminal charges against a sitting president, has died at age 81 https://reut.rs/4rIdVdN