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The United States Department of Homeland Security may soon revise the Transportation Security Administration's 3-1-1 liquids rule. This rule limits the amount of liquid passengers can carry in their ...

The liquid rule for carry-on bags could be the next airport security measure to be overhauled. Kristi Noem, secretary of the ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2006 implemented a policy limiting liquids, gels and aerosols in passenger carry-on luggage to 3.4-ounce containers or smaller, to lessen the ...

Passengers and officials at Central Illinois Regional Airport report a positive reception of the abolishment of the TSA shoe ...

Shoe removal was originally enforced nationwide in 2006 following a failed shoe bombing attempt on a flight from Paris to ...

TSA has implemented new rules and ended old ones. Here's what to know about how airport security is changing in 2025.

You can leave your shoes on, a new TSA directive states. It probably won’t, as an over-the-top news release stated, help ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced an end to the shoes-off police. Airports that have already embraced the policy include: Other airports will phase-in the new guidelines over time.