The Transportation Security Administration has not officially confirmed media reports that for the first time in almost 20 years, travelers may no longer be required to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain U.S. airports.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to make an announcement at 5 p.m. EDT. Watch live in our video player above.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will host a 5 p.m. EDT news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to announce a new TSA policy “that will make screening easier for passengers, improve traveler satisfaction, and reduce wait times,” her agency said.
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If implemented, it would put an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago, several years after “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s failed attempt to take down a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001.
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