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 ...

Nearly 20 years after airline passengers were first required to remove their shoes for security, the policy is being phased out. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to allow ...

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

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced July 8 that the Transportation Security Administration has eliminated its ...

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 ...

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, 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.

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 TSA appears ready to end a rule that requires airline travelers to remove their shoes for security screenings thanks to the advancement of new technology. The requirement has been in place ...