Press Releases

CHICAGO – The Transportation Security Administration sent one of its most valued Chicago team members off to enjoy retirement -- Panka, an explosive detection canine.Panka, an eight-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, worked at Chicago O’Hare…

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…

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®…

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®…

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…

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,…

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…

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®…

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,…

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…

( Inglés )San Juan, Puerto Rico – La Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (por sus siglas en inglés, TSA), junto con el…

( Español )San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…