Summary
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) might change its rule about removing shoes during airport security checks. This change would be the first in almost 20 years, and an announcement is expected from Homeland Security later today.
Key Facts
- TSA has not confirmed reports about not needing to remove shoes at security.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will talk about this at 5 p.m. EDT.
- The announcement will happen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
- The new policy aims to make security checks easier and faster for travelers.
- The shoe removal rule started after Richard Reid's failed attack in 2001.
- This would be the first change to this rule in almost two decades.
