We can keep our shoes on at TSA, but we still have to keep our liquids to 3.4 ounces. Security experts tell us why that rule will take time to change.

Previously, only individuals enrolled in TSA PreCheck were allowed to keep on their shoes during screening, and the shoe removal rule itself has been in place since 2006 in response to the ...

TSA officials had said the agency regularly adjusts its screening procedures based on a real-time threat assessment, technologies available at each checkpoint, and other considerations.

TSA PreCheck members were allowed to skirt the rule even though modern screening technology could have made it so no one had to untie a shoe. That time has finally come.

On July 8, 2025, the clouds parted, and an angel wearing a TSA vest descended to Earth. In one hand, it held a trumpet. In the other, a press release. After raising the trumpet to its lips and ...

The plan is for the change to occur at all U.S. airports soon, the memo said. Travelers have been able to skirt the extra security requirement if they participate in the TSA PreCheck program, which ...

Travelers rejoice: The TSA is finally nixing its stupid shoe rule. After forcing us all to remove roughly 100 million pieces of footwear these past 19 years. To no real point, except security theater.

At long last? TSA rumored to roll back dreaded security checkpoint rule — as early as today By Caroline Cubbin Published July 7, 2025, 4:53 p.m. ET ...

Most U.S. airline passengers no longer need to remove their shoes at TSA checkpoints. This policy change, effective immediately, was announced by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Other security measures ...

The TSA screening policy, known informally as the "shoes-off rule," was instituted in 2006 after British terrorist Richard Reid unsuccessfully tried to detonate homemade bombs hidden in his shoes ...

The shoe removal policy was initially put into place in 2006 in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his shoe in December 2001. Since 2006, most travelers at airport ...