Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since May travelers on domestic flights in the U.S. have needed a Real ID-compliant license to pass through airport security, and ...

A federally approved passport is an acceptable alternative to a Real ID for air travel within the United States. Travelers without a Real ID may undergo additional identity verification by the TSA.

Editor’s note: The story has been updated to reflect corrected data from the state, after a Department of State manual data entry error caused numbers to be ...

Showing proper identification at the airport typically means fishing it out of a wallet or purse while people in line behind you are doing the same. It can be a hassle, and the airport is already hard ...

Amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration, and the Supreme Court's decision that grants federal agents the power to stop people in Los Angeles simply for speaking ...

Kent County leads the state in REAL ID compliance, with 90% of residents having made the switch to the new form of identification as of December 2025. That’s according to a special report on customer ...