Trump taps Serco executive to run TSA amid staffing crisis

President Trump plans to nominate David Cummins, a Serco executive with transportation leadership experience, to head the Transportation Security Administration. Cummins would replace acting administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill through Senate confirmation, as TSA contends with funding instability and staffing shortfalls amid surging travel and looming events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The agency has seen hundreds of officer resignations during the ongoing DHS shutdown; the last Senate-confirmed TSA administrator was David Pekoske in 2022, and McNeill has warned that budget lapses are straining operations during the longest partial government shutdown on record.