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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

TSA Transportation Security Administration

Illustrative: A belt and shoes sit in trays being used in safety screening of travelers by the US Transportation Security Administration, at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, January 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson, File)
July 8, 2025, 6:23 pm
Travelers in the US may no longer need to remove shoes before boarding a plane
Security mandate, enacted in response to failed 2001 ‘shoe bomber’ attack, could end at many US airports as soon as Sunday
By Michelle Chapman
Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on December 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
April 19, 2022, 4:40 am
US federal judge strikes down CDC’s public transport mask mandate
Requirement to wear face coverings on airplanes, subways, trains, buses and taxis no longer in effect; TSA subsequently announces it won’t enforce directive at airports either
By AFP
A Transportation Security Administration officer checks travelers luggage to be screened by an x-ray machine at a checkpoint at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, May 27, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
August 2, 2018, 9:22 pm
TSA mulling end to security checks at small US airports, but ‘no decision’ yet
CNN reports agency formed working group to shutter passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-size American airports; officials slam plan as ‘so dangerous’
By Eric Cortellessa
Emirates passenger planes at Dubai airport in United Arab Emirates, on May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
January 22, 2018, 8:23 pm
US tightens rules on Middle East air cargo after 2017 Australia bomb plot
TSA says new measures due to ‘intent by terrorist groups to attack aviation’ via planes departing Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE
By AFP
Retired US vice admiral Peter Neffenger, left, speaks with Brig. Gen. (res.) Ronen Simchi, a former fighter pilot and air force commander, during a visit to Israel with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America in June 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
June 20, 2017, 5:17 pm
Ex-TSA chief lauds Israel ties, says more to come
Former high-ranking US officials meet with top officers in Mossad, IDF, Shin Bet in bid to get a better understanding of the challenges in the region
By Judah Ari Gross
Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, who was Ali's second wife, attend a forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 11, 2017, 6:38 am
Muhammad Ali’s son says he was detained again at airport
Boxing legend’s child claims he was held for 20 minutes, had to show driver’s license and passport before being allowed to board plane
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK
An injured woman is taken into Broward Health Trauma Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (Taimy Alvarez/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
January 7, 2017, 2:32 pm
Echoes of Tel Aviv 1972 in Florida shooting that kills five
Like Japanese Red Army terrorists who massacred 26 at Lod airport, Esteban Santiago, 26, retrieved his gun from his checked baggage on airport carousel before opening fire
By DAVID KOENIG
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall-style campaign event at the former Osram Sylvania light bulb factory, Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
July 1, 2016, 6:26 am
Trump tells anti-Israel backer he’ll protect Israel ‘100%’
At New Hampshire rally, GOP candidate calls Jewish state ‘very, very important ally,’ hints at concern over Muslim TSA officers
By ToI Staff and AP
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