For nearly twenty years, the U.S. government has been telling Americans that their state-issued driver's license or nondriver identification will not be enough to board a domestic flight or enter a ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's announcement that REAL IDs will be required to fly starting May 7 has forced Americans to finally get compliant – 20 years after Congress passed the law.

On Wednesday, May 7, the long-anticipated implementation of Real ID laws finally came into effect, and Americans now need a specific identification on their driver's license (or a passport) for air ...

It's often assumed the 2005 Real ID law was a result of the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the federal government "set standards" for state-issued IDs. But ...