The TSA website serves as a comprehensive resource for travelers, offering information on security screening procedures, travel tips, and programs like TSA PreCheck®.

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The TSA has screening processes and regulations related to passengers and checked and carry-on luggage, including identification verification, pat-downs, full-body scanners, and explosives screening.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Apr 10, 2026 · Longer TSA wait times and Precheck security lines persist. Here's how to check lines at Dulles, IAD DCA, BWI, CLT and Atlanta, ATL airports today.

Further privatizing Transportation Security Administration screening functions could be a way to prevent travel disruptions in the future, TSA's deputy administrator suggested in a hearing before ...

A partial government shutdown affecting TSA officers caused three-hour-long lines at airport security checkpoints the week of March 8, 2026, and still continue.

Apr 1, 2026 · President Donald Trump has said he is drawing from unspent funds in last year's tax and spending bill to pay TSA agents.

Mar 27, 2026 · Most TSA officers received "a retroactive paycheck today that included at least two full paychecks," a DHS spokesperson said Monday.

TSA uses unpredictable security measures, both seen and unseen, throughout the airport. All travelers will be screened, and no individual is guaranteed expedited screening.