TSA PreCheck Touchless ID can save you time as airport lines get longer. Here’s how to sign up.

As TSA lines get longer and the situation at U.S. airports becomes more uncertain, there’s a method for flyers hoping to fast-pass security wait times. In addition to keeping tabs on TSA wait-time trackers, which are often available on individual airports’ websites, air travelers can also enroll in the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, a … Read more

Destination warzone: How Lebanon’s only international airport stays open amid Israeli strikes

Beirut–Rafic Hariri’s eastern runway juts into the Dahiyeh suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel has targeted almost every day since March 2, when a salvo of rockets fired by the militants sparked a new Israeli offensive into Lebanon. Some Israeli strikes have fallen less than a mile from the perimeter fence. “It’s very challenging, it’s … Read more

Rep. Greg Casar confronts Sen. John Cornyn at Austin airport over DHS funding

Democratic Rep. Greg Casar and Republican Sen. John Cornyn got into a confrontation at an Austin, Texas, airport over the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has the latest on where negotiations stand. Source link

Cornyn clashes with progressive Rep Greg Casar in heated airport face-off over DHS shutdown

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange Monday afternoon over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the progressive lawmaker attempted to interrupt the senator’s news conference. “Why don’t you tell the Democrats to vote to pay these poor people,” … Read more

TSA pay bill unveiled as shutdown leaves agents unpaid, strains airport security

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A House GOP lawmaker is unveiling new legislation aimed at easing airport chaos that’s hitting travelers across the country during the ongoing partial government shutdown. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., introduced a bill on Monday to ensure Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are paid during … Read more

CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers

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 gov… NEW YORK — The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, … Read more

Dems vote to keep DHS closed despite airport chaos, Iranian sleeper cell threat

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans are accusing Senate Democrats of trying to rip apart the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) piece by piece after again blocking a bid to reopen the agency. Little has changed in the stalemate over the last 27 days of the partial shutdown, and communication breakdowns … Read more

DHS restarts Global Entry program after travelers faced long airport lines

The Department of Homeland Security restarted the Global Entry program on Wednesday, a little over two weeks after it halted the service for travelers because of the partial government shutdown. Global Entry allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers to use expedited kiosks — for a fee — when entering the United States from abroad, saving them time … Read more

171 million travelers face airport delays as Democrats’ DHS shutdown hits TSA staffing, Scalise warns

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is hammering Democrats over the partial government shutdown as its effects begin to hit millions of travelers at airports across the country. “This is expected to be one of the busiest spring travel seasons on record. Over 171 million travelers … Read more