TSA began its policy of requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after Richard Reid, a passenger aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to ...

The policy change is nationwide and goes into effect immediately, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

It may soon be time to leave your shoes on at the airport. After nearly two decades of making travelers remove footwear at security checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ...

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks at Ronald Reagan Airport to announce the termination of the shoe removal ...

The shoe removal process was implemented in 2006 "in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his shoe," per USA TODAY.

Meanwhile, airport security experts would like to know with more certainty what led the TSA to determine that removing shoes ...

The days of taking your shoes off during security screenings at U.S. airports is reportedly coming to a close.

The Department of Homeland Security announced a new TSA policy that allows passengers to keep their shoes on while passing through security screening, potentially signaling the upcoming end of other ...

Kristi Noem announced a new policy which will allow passengers traveling through domestic airports to keep their shoes on ...

TSA began its policy of requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after a ...

Getting through security lines at the airport soon might have one fewer step, with the Transportation Security Administration reportedly planning to end its policy requiring travelers to take off ...

Michigan travelers can now keep their shoes on at TSA security checkpoints in airports. The Department of Homeland Security announced the change July 8, ending the no-shoe policy.