Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration announced a series of new rules for summer travelers to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

You may face longer security lines at Dulles. The Transportation Security Administration closed some security checkpoints at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday after more employees than usual failed to show up for work.

TSA officials at the Newark Liberty International Airport used an X-ray machine to spot, what looked to be a revolver in a carry-on bag.

A Delta Air Lines pilot who was scheduled to fly from Minnesota to San Diego, California, was arrested before the flight for allegedly being intoxicated, authorities said. Gabriel Lyle Schroeder, 37, was taken into custody by airport police at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport on Tuesday morning, NBC News reported. Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan told NBC News that Schroeder drew suspicion...

Police have arrested more than 160 people for illegally carrying guns to Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the three major airports in the Washington, D.C. area since 2015. Scott MacFarlane has the story.

The Department of Homeland Security is requesting $232 million from the Transportation Security Administration to fund border operations in the event that Congress does not agree to fund $1.1 billion of its funding request, according to documents of a contingency plan obtained by NBC News. Other components of DHS, which includes the Federal Emergency Management Administration, have also been asked...

Diana Ross says she feels “violated” by an airport screener who touched her between her legs after she performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the Motown legend says she blames the Transportation Security Administration for a screening at the New Orleans airport that makes her want to cry.

A Northern Virginia man was arrested Friday at BWI Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him with a handgun in his carry-on luggage.

A security threat Saturday morning at San Francisco International Airport led to the closure of some boarding areas and grounding of flights, according to an airport spokesman.

A local Transportation Security Administration employee says the government shutdown is making the already stressful task of securing airports even more difficult — and he also believes it can come with grave consequences.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to rally with Boston airport workers to highlight the federal government shutdown and other concerns.

An increase in sick calls by TSA workers concerned some passengers at Dulles, but Cory Smith reports operations at local airports were running smoothly Monday.

Miami International Airport’s Concourse G will return to normal operations Monday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it has brought about 500 furloughed safety inspectors back to work and expects more to return next week, potentially easing strains on the aviation system amid a partial federal government shutdown. Most of the FAA’s 3,000 safety inspectors have been sidelined during the 22-day shutdown . But the agency is accelerating efforts to bring them...

As President Donald Trump and Congress bicker over Trump’s call for $5 billion to build a border wall with Mexico, government agencies are preparing for a partial government shutdown set to begin at midnight Friday.

American University Kogod School of Business professor warns that a government shutdown could have ripple effects on the D.C. economy. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

Los Angeles’ subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives, officials said Tuesday.

The TSA is considering ending screening of passengers at smaller airports across the country to focus security efforts at the largest airports. It is unclear how advanced the proposal is and whether it will ever be adopted. Still, aviation-security experts reacted with alarm, saying that dropping security at smaller airports could make those flights an inviting target for terrorists.

A new and undisclosed federal program called “Quiet Skies” has armed air marshals gathering intelligence on thousands of Americans at airports and on airplanes, according to a Boston Globe report published this weekend. Meant to thwart emerging threats, the Transportation Security Administration program flags people who aren’t already under investigation or on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database and has agents...