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A traveler removes his shoes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Atlanta. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Travelers may no longer be required to remove shoes before boarding a plane

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Flight attendants arriving at the Henri Coanda International Airport pass under a Schengen Information sign, in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Four flight attendants (not pictured) based in the New York City area have been charged with smuggling $8 million in drug money to the Dominican Republic during an alleged years-long scheme. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Man convicted of posing as flight attendant in order to fly for free

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A cart wrangler gathers shopping carts outside a Costco warehouse in Sheridan, Colo., July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Uh, Costco cards don’t work as REAL ID at airports, says TSA

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem meets with service members in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

DHS shuts down TSA’s Quiet Skies program after abuses

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ellen Pompeo arrives at an FYC screening of "Good American Family" on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Ellen Pompeo says TSA detained her over sunflower seeds

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen speaks as she participates in a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ** FILE **

DHS accuses Democratic senator of ‘corruption’ for helping husband get off TSA watchlist

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A newly emerged video shows how Russian citizen and U.S. resident Svetlana Dali sneaked past airport gate agents and got onto a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris last year. Screenshot of video from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey via Associated Press

Woman who sneaked onto Delta flight to Paris convicted of being a stowaway

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A person inserts an ID card while demonstrating the Transportation Security Administration's new facial recognition technology at a Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoint, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Glen Burnie, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Union busting: DHS cancels TSA agents’ collective bargaining

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Planes sit on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport, Nov. 1, 2013. A United Airlines jet that lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off from Los Angeles later landed safely in Denver. The airline says Monday, July 8, 2024, that there were no reported injuries on the ground or on board Flight 1001. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Woman stopped at LAX for carrying 88 prohibited items

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Travelers line up to check in their bags into San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

More than 3 million travelers screened at U.S. airports in a single day. That’s a record

Associated Press

The Transportation Security Administration's new facial recognition technology is seen at a Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoint, April 26, 2023, in Glen Burnie, Md.
(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Senators want watchdog to investigate TSA’s facial recognition technology

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Travelers line up at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter in the departures area of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

TSA offers advice on traveling with Thanksgiving leftovers

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pauses to speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Paul, Grassley question TSA in alleged targeting of Tulsi Gabbard, others for their political views

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Travelers are screened by Transportation Security Administration officers at LaGuardia Airport, May 27, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) **FILE**

TSA breaks record for most people screened on a single day, expects to break it again soon

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Passengers line up at the TSA security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

TSA’s tech push includes Apple, Google partnerships for traveler digital IDs

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions FBI Director Christopher Wray during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

‘Less groping’: Sen. Mike Lee calls for abolishing the TSA

By Staff - The Washington Times

Airports are flush with cash — Don’t tax passengers more

By Rebecca Spicer, Airlines for America

New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones (13) brings down Detroit Lions running back Craig Reynolds (46) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Patriots’ Jack Jones arrested at Logan International Airport over alleged guns in his carryon

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times