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Even the most dubious safeguards stick around because eliminating them looks like a compromise that might endanger public ...

The widely resented and ridiculed policy, which the U.S. was nearly alone in enforcing, never made much sense.

With an end to removing your shoes at the airport, an irritant of modern life is done with. That doesn’t happen very often.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said ending the shoes-off policy would trim wait times and “modernize and enhance traveler experience.” ...

What began this week as scattered reports and observations trickling in from across the nation became official Tuesday when ...

The Transportation Security Administration is rolling back its long-standing policy requiring passengers to remove shoes at checkpoints.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has officially ended its “shoes-off” policy, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on July 8 during a press conference held at Ronald ...

It's generally pretty well known what travelers can and cannot bring through a TSA security checkpoint at airports in the United States, but one expert has recently warned that travelers should ...

The TSA's liquid limit impacts more than just beverages. McDonald's responds to nationwide boycott In a First, America Dropped 30,000-Pound Bunker-Busters—But Iran’s Concrete May Be ...

An expert has issued a warning about a popular TSA PreCheck scam.