TSA began its policy of requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after Richard Reid, a passenger aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to ...

The policy change is nationwide and goes into effect immediately, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

It may soon be time to leave your shoes on at the airport. After nearly two decades of making travelers remove footwear at security checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ...

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks at Ronald Reagan Airport to announce the termination of the shoe removal ...

The shoe removal process was implemented in 2006 "in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his shoe," per USA TODAY.

TSA began its policy of requiring airline passengers to take shoes off during security screenings in 2006, five years after a ...

The days of taking your shoes off during security screenings at U.S. airports is reportedly coming to a close.

With an end to removing your shoes at the airport, an irritant of modern life is done with. That doesn’t happen very often.

TSA's "no-shoe" rule started in 2006 after a British man named Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on Dec. 22, 2001, with explosives hidden in his shoes.

The Department of Homeland Security announced a new TSA policy that allows passengers to keep their shoes on while passing through security screening, potentially signaling the upcoming end of other ...

TSA, DHS will be holding a press conference at DCA this afternoon after reports suggest they will formally announce the end of the "shoe-off" policy.