President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration addressed a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
Passengers at Orlando International Airport are reacting to a TSA policy allowing medical marijuana through security checkpoints, while officials remind travelers that Florida’s marijuana laws still apply.
A House committee has discussed the future of the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration lobbies to replace TSA officers with private contractors.
President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns.
Transportation Security Administration agents could start getting their paychecks as early as Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to pay them immediately.
“A slap in the face.” That’s how leaders of a union representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers across Central Florida are reacting after Gov. Ron DeSantis publicly questioned the agency’s role during the ongoing partial government shutdown.
The sight of travelers suffering through long security lines at U.S. airports this week have many people showing up way before their flights.
President Donald Trump has signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an emergency order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.
President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers.
Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport shows how the partial government shutdown is straining air travel as TSA workers miss shifts without pay.
The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on as travelers are experiencing record waiting times.
A proposal from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to eliminate the Transportation Security Administration drew mixed reactions from travelers, aviation experts and lawmakers, according to our sister station WJXT in Jacksonville.
U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay.
The list of reasons why air travel can be stressful has grown as long as the security lines at some U.S. airports in recent months.
More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide.
President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers and screeners.
Nonprofits and airport communities across the country are feeding Transportation Security Administration officers who keep working without full pay during the partial government shutdown.
A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security has failed to advance in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports.
The public is experiencing the consequences of a partial U.S. government shutdown in long wait times at some airports as Transportation Security Officers take time off to manage the financial strain.
The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department.
Spring break travelers are facing unpredictable lines at airport security as the partial U.S. government shutdown strains TSA staffing.
Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others.
The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial government shutdown.
The Department of Homeland Security says the Global Entry program shuts down for as long as the partial government shutdown continues.
Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification are subject to a new fee starting Sunday.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughter says she had an "absurdly invasive" pat-down at an airport security checkpoint on Thursday.
The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers.
Starting next year, travelers going through security checkpoints without a REAL ID or passport will have to pay a $45 fee to use TSA Confirm.ID for a 10-day travel period
A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy barring transgender officers from performing security pat-downs.
A TSA worker at Orlando International Airport told News 6, costs like gas for commuting accumulate fast, yet timely attendance is still required.
Airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a social media post and apologized to her boyfriend Christian Coleman.
Newer airport screening machines that operate like medical CT scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports still lack that expensive equipment.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has hinted at possible changes to TSA's liquid restrictions.
Starting Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration will begin enforcing the long-delayed federal requirement, meaning passengers flying out of any U.S. airport, including those in Central Florida, must show a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or present another acceptable form of identification, such as a valid passport or military ID.
A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”.
In the thick of holiday travel, another unticketed passenger attempted to stow away on a Delta Air Lines flight.
The official travel period at Orlando International Airport started on Friday. Nearly three million people are expected to pass through the gates between now and Jan. 5, a one percent increase from last year’s record numbers.
If the government shuts down, essential services remain in place, but others will be stopped or delayed. Here are some ways a government shutdown could affect people living in Central Florida.
The last-minute Thanksgiving travelers are packing their cars and carry-on bags to hit the nation's highways and airports.
Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend as a lot Americans mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season’s unofficial start: by traveling.
Agents for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Sunday screened 3 million airline passengers in a single day for the first time ever.
A long Fourth of July holiday weekend in the United States is expected to create new travel records.
A long Fourth of July holiday weekend in the United States is expected to create new travel records.
A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports.
Airlines are struggling to keep flights on time heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, but at least cancellations have been relatively modest so far.
TSA officials said that officers at the Miami International Airport detected the bag hidden inside the passenger’s pants, prompting a call to Customs and Border Patrol.
A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration.
The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas.
The next time you're in a security line at the airport, you may find that instead of a Transportation Security Administration officer checking your ID, a camera and screen will use biometric facial recognition to confirm your face and photo ID match and ensure your ID isn't fake.
Federal airport security officials have unveiled a prototype passenger self-screening system at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas but say they do not plan to use it in other cities around the country.
Federal and local officials say they're taking steps to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones and curb human trafficking during Super Bowl week in Las Vegas.
The Transportation Security Administration said it intercepted a record 6,737 firearms at 265 U.S. airport security checkpoints in 2023, surpassing the previous year’s record of 6,542 firearms.
The holiday travel rush is hitting its peak as mild weather and lower flight cancelation rates raise hopes for merrier drivers and airline passengers than last year.
The Transportation Security Administration says security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
A record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.
Across the country, federal workers still stung by memories of past government shutdowns are bracing for the possibility of another extended closure.
The agency tasked with securing America's airports is testing the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country.
Federal authorities say a Pennsylvania man admits packing explosive materials, fuses and a lighter into a suitcase he checked for a commercial flight to Florida.
Power was briefly knocked out at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, leaving many passengers at one of the world’s busiest airports in the dark and halting security checks.
A commercial flight from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta after a disruptive passenger was seen with a box cutter.
