The Transportation Security Administration is introducing a new way to get through the checkpoint if you forget your paperwork, but it is going to cost you a convenience fee. Starting […]

Starting Feb. 1, 2026, those who don’t show a REAL ID compliant drivers license, passport or other form of identification at a TSA security checkpoint will have to pay a $45 fee, according to a press release from the TSA. The $45 fee will go toward processing and verifying travelers’ identification through the ConfirmID program.

After February 1st, according to the TSA, the only acceptable forms of ID —and those who will be able to skip the $45 fee—include: REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)

Attention air travelers. The new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) $45 fee option for travelers without a REAL ID begins Feb. 1.

Airline passengers who don't possess REAL ID or passport should soon expect to pay an additional fee to get through airport security.

The Homeland Security Department’s planned ouster of the American Federation of Government Employees from the Transportation Security Administration, scheduled to take effect Sunday, must now be halted.

The TSA is planning to expand its fast-tracked TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program to 50 new airports for a total of 65 by the end of spring.

Senator John Hoeven’s office made the announcement Friday that the TSA is awarding 34 North Dakota officers $10,000 for extraordinary work during the government shutdown.