WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed David Cummins, a ​senior vice president of ​Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration pushes to privatize screeners at smaller airports.

President Donald Trump in April proposed cutting more ​than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion, or about 20%, from the annual budget of ⁠the 60,000-employee TSA that handles airport security operations.

He also proposed requiring smaller airports to use private security, a move that would cut the TSA payroll by more than 4,500 jobs.

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(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)