CALIFORNIA, USA — The Real ID deadline is 8 days away. For whatever reason, if someone doesn’t get their Real ID by May 7, the U.S. said it does accept other forms of identification at the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The REAL ID is required for entry into federal buildings and to fly commercially within the U.S. as of May 7, 2025. QUESTION TO VERIFY: I won't be flying, but if I had to go into a ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — The Real ID deadline is right around the corner. For whatever reason, if someone doesn’t get their Real ID by May 7, the U.S. said it does accept other forms of identification at the ...

After years of delays, the REAL ID changeover has now taken place. The REAL ID Act, passed in 2005, places new regulations on the type of identification cards that will be accepted if a person wants ...

Passengers and crew walk to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint while traveling at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, on November 26, 2025.

WASHINGTON — Travelers who haven’t obtained a REAL ID by this week’s deadline received assurances from the head of Homeland Security that they will be able to fly after additional identity checks. Her ...

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 ...

With less than three weeks left to get their STAR IDs, many Alabamians may be wondering what they need to fly without it. Starting on May 7, only state-issued driver’s licenses and identification ...