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As the Real ID program becomes mandatory for domestic air travel on May 7, 2025, Americans face a stark choice between privacy concerns and compliance, fundamentally altering the landscape of personal identification in the US. Key Points: Real ID becomes mandatory for domestic air travel on May 7, 2025 Traditional state-issued IDs will no longer be valid for domestic flights Less than half of Americans have passports, according to the State Department Enhanced IDs valid only for land or sea travel to Mexico and Canada, not for domestic flights Real ID originated in 2005, pushed by the Department of Homeland...

This was one of those times when I had to double-check if the announcement wasn’t a parody account. Vice President Kamala Harris’ endless servings of word salad have blurred the lines that separate parody from the real world. When you have become a punchline, it’s a problem. And Harris’ vow to fight inequality in air travel is something you’d see from the hilarious satire account on Twitter, but that’s not who posted it. It was her office. The Biden administration will tackle the next frontier of inequality: bathroom access on domestic flights. No, I’m not kidding. “The majority of domestic...

Osama bin Laden´s son-in-law has been captured and is in the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, two administration officials said on Thursday. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, was captured within the last week in Jordan, according to a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York. The lawmaker had been told of the capture by law enforcement officials. Congress was notified when Ghaith was taken into U.S. custody, the officials said.

NOTE The following text is a quote: DHS performs 100 percent watchlist matching for domestic flights Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program—a major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation. Before Secure Flight, airlines conducted passenger watchlist checking. “Secure Flight fulfills a key recommendation of the of the 9/11 Commission Report, enabling TSA to screen passengers directly against government watchlists using passenger name, date of...