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May 5, 2025 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. – It was an extremely busy April at Washington Dulles International (IAD) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) checkpoints. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at both airports recorded their…
April 28, 2025 | Local Press Release
Starting on May 7, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older, including TSA PreCheck®…
April 28, 2025 | Local Press Release
On May 7, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will no longer accept Alabama state-issued identifications that are not STAR ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older, including TSA PreCheck®…
April 28, 2025 | Local Press Release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) along with the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles is reminding travelers to ensure they have a REAL ID-compliant form of identification as the federal enforcement deadline of…
April 28, 2025 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA —  Starting on May 7, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older,…
April 25, 2025 | Local Press Release
BURBANK, Calif., April 25th – Beginning May 7th, 2025, anyone 18 years or older that plans to fly domestically or visit certain Federal facilities will need a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification to board a U.S. commercial…
April 24, 2025 | Local Press Release
Beginning on May 7, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older, including TSA PreCheck®…
April 24, 2025 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. —  Starting on May 7, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant at TSA security checkpoints. All airline passengers 18 years and older,…
April 24, 2025 | Local Press Release
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) along with the U.S. Virgin Islands Bureau of Motor Vehicles is reminding travelers to ensure they have a REAL ID-compliant form of identification as…
April 24, 2025 | Local Press Release
( Inglés )San Juan, Puerto Rico – La Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (por sus siglas en inglés, TSA), junto con el…
April 24, 2025 | Local Press Release
( Español )San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of…
April 15, 2025 | Local Press Release
LATROBE, Pa. – Residents of Westmoreland County, Pa., and the surrounding region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA PreCheck® program at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) from April 29 to May…
April 15, 2025 | Local Press Release
NEW ORLEANS - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the state of Louisiana have intercepted 46 firearms at airport security checkpoints so far this year, with 44 of them loaded.  The largest number in Louisiana so…
April 8, 2025 | Local Press Release
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at the Shreveport International Airport (SHV) security checkpoint stopped a cache of weapons secreted inside a metal cane last week.The cane contained a gutting knife, a double-edged…
April 7, 2025 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. —  Do you have a gold star on your Virginia driver’s license? If not, there’s still time to get your REAL ID-compliant driver’s license with that star on it. But it’s better to get it sooner, rather than later. REAL ID enforcement…
April 7, 2025 | Local Press Release
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Wheelersburg, Ohio,  man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Huntington Tri-State Airport on Friday, April 4, with a firearm in his carry-on bag. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 12…
April 7, 2025 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. –  A Sterling, Va., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) intercepted a firearm among his carry-on items on Sunday, April 6.  The…
April 7, 2025 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, Oregon - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and  Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) today reminded the public that starting Wednesday, May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and…
March 31, 2025 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Hopelawn, N.J., man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted the man’s 9mm handgun when he entered a security checkpoint at  Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday, March…
March 25, 2025 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for high passenger volumes throughout the spring travel period and into summer at airports nationwide including at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall…
March 25, 2025 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Colts Neck, N.J., man told officials that he did not know he had a loaded gun in his backpack when Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted the gun, which was packed…
March 21, 2025 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A local woman was cited by police on Thursday, March 20, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) intercepted the woman’s gun at the airport security…
March 19, 2025 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. –  Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted 16 bullets that were artfully concealed inside an aluminum foil box at one of the security checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, March 18.The…
March 17, 2025 | Local Press Release
Huntsville, Ala. --  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the state of Alabama intercepted 130 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2024. The largest increase in year-to-year comparisons was at Huntsville…
March 14, 2025 | Local Press Release
SAN DIEGO, California - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at San Diego International Airport (SAN) is now accepting California mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) for identity verification purposes. Travelers with a California-issued…

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