The TSA has abolished a notorious rule that has been in place for more than two decades and was introduced after 9/11, with ...

US travelers will no longer have to remove their shoes at airport security, following a major policy change by the ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday, July 8, that passengers at American airports will no longer be required to remove their shoes at TSA checkpoints. Homeland Security ...

Some U.S. airports now allow passengers to keep shoes on during TSA screenings, diverging from post-2001 security practices.

Since at least 2011, officials at DHS have promised a shoes-on future, and the department’s own science arm developed and licensed a “high definition–advanced imaging technology shoe scanner.” In ...

TSA starts allowing travelers to keep their shoes on in security lines The agency is changing airport security protocols nationwide, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem announced.

TSA agents may still ask certain individuals to take off their shoes, but that is now the exception not the rule. The “hands down” full-body scanner is now sufficient. Let us relish these small ...