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Airport security lines. What to expect this week.

Airport security lines. What to expect this week.

03/29/26
What will airport security lines be like this week? The short answer is: Who knows? The longer, but equally iffy, answer? There’s a hope for a return to normal at most airports. But at airports that have been in news for hours-long TSA lines (looking at you IAH, ATL and MSY) and high staff shortages, […]
TSA workers may get their paychecks

TSA workers may get their paychecks

03/26/26
We’ll see if it really happens. And how fast it happens. At week’s end, lawmakers were still at an impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security – which includes the budget for the Transportation Security Administration. But on Thursday, President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to get paychecks to TSA […]
A ‘secret’ free way to skip the long TSA line

A ‘secret’ free way to skip the long TSA line

03/24/26
It’s smooth sailing for travelers at the security checkpoints at some airports. Elsewhere, the partial government shutdown and staffing shortages are creating hours long waits on security lines snaking through the terminals and, in some cases out onto sidewalks and into parking garages. At some airports, TSA Precheck, TSA Precheck Touchess ID and Clear lanes […]
Brace for long lines and ICE (!) at many airports

Brace for long lines and ICE (!) at many airports

03/22/26
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have been working without pay since February 14th due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. The result is severe staffing shortages, reduced screening capacity and extremely long (in some cases, hours long) security lines at many airports. Rather than pay the TSA workers, the Trump Administration announced over the weekend […]
TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

TSA’s Top 10 ‘Catches’ of 2025

01/27/26
Bullets hidden in strawberry Nesquik and tinfoil, a shot gun concealed in a golf bag and, the classic – drugs tucked inside shoes – all made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s recently released Top 10 list of best ‘catches’ for 2025. Here’s the full list, in countdown order, along with airport where the offending […]
No Real ID? TSA will charge $45 per trip to verify you

No Real ID? TSA will charge $45 per trip to verify you

12/02/25
A few weeks ago, the Transportation Security Admnistration announced in the Federal Register that it would be setting up a verification program for passengers who show up at the TSA checkpoint without a Real ID, passport or some other acceptable form of identification. To cover the costs of the alt-ID program, which is set to […]
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