Getty Images The White House was reportedly forced to step in after Kristi Noem and her alleged lover Corey Lewandowski cooked up a plan that briefly sent travelers into a panic. The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to temporarily halt TSA PreCheck amid a partial government shutdown was devised by the Homeland Security secretary and her adviser, administration sources told The Washington Post , but it was quickly reversed after the White House intervened. The embattled agency, whose funding has left lawmakers in a deadlock, announced on Saturday that it planned to suspend popular expedited security screening programs beginning 6 a.m. on Sunday—then took back its own pronouncement just hours later. Read more at The Daily Beast.