Twenty years in the making, the 2005 REAL ID Act is finally going into effect on May 7. The act, passed amid other increasingly tight security measures following 9/11, established that Americans would ...

The national deadline for Americans to obtain a REAL ID to use for travel an other purposes is fast approaching. Newsweek has put together everything you need to know before next week's deadline.

For those who are planning to travel by plane this holiday season, more than a ticket will be needed to board. Travelers now need a REAL ID-compliant identification to board a federally regulated ...