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Self-service security screening is coming to airports, but PreCheck passengers are getting priority

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Vanderlande's prototype, the PAX MX2.
Vanderlande's prototype, the PAX MX2.

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Thanksgiving weekend was the busiest ever for the US travel industry, and things went shockingly smoothly

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Crowds pass through a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on November 21, 2023, in Los Angeles, as people travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Crowds at Los Angeles International Airport last Tuesday.

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A former Delta copilot is accused of threatening to shoot the captain 'multiple times' if he diverted the plane due to a passenger's medical emergency

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The front part of a Delta Airlines A330 taxiing on the runway after touching down at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
A Delta Airlines A330.

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Sidney Powell's lawyers say the Georgia racketeering case killed her TSA privileges and wrecked her 'previously sterling' reputation

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An American Airlines jet flies over Nickerson Beach Park and Attorney Sidney Powell speaks to the press
Attorney Sidney Powell's legal team said her "trusted traveler" status with the TSA has been revoked.

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A passenger was whisked through TSA security checkpoints by Clear, but they never signed up or had their identity checked —they just used a boarding pass they found in the trash.

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Travelers walk past Clear kiosks in the domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Friday, May 26, 2023.
Travelers walk past Clear kiosks in the domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Friday, May 26, 2023.

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Did you pay $189 for Clear? You may have to show your ID at TSA anyway, threatening one of the program's biggest selling points

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Passengers using CLEAR kiosk that allows quick and secure Identity confirmation, West Palm Beach Airport, Florida.
Passengers using CLEAR kiosk that allows quick and secure Identity confirmation, West Palm Beach Airport, Florida.

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The TSA caught more guns at airport checkpoints in 2022 than any other year. Here are the top 5 airports where the most firearms were found.

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A TSA agent at LAX.

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A bored hacktivist browsing an unsecured airline server stumbled upon national security secrets including the FBI's 'no-fly' list. She says what she found reveals a 'perverse outgrowth of the surveillance state.'

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A TSA agent at LAX.

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