You may be following all the rules, but certain items and behaviors can still get travelers flagged for extra screening at the airport.

Commercial airports can hire private security companies instead of using federal employees under a program with the Transportation Security Administration.

Despite TSA officers missing paychecks and heavy spring break travel, Palm Beach International Airport has normal wait times.

Travelers across the country faced significant delays due to a shortage of TSA workers linked to a partial government shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.

As security wait times at some airports extend beyond an hour, many travellers are finding themselves in a stressful predicament, missing their flights while still waiting in Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening lines.

Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown drags on.

Balancing liberty and security remains precarious, if not contentious, because any shift to privatization would require robust oversight to avoid compromising safety.

Sen. Chuck Grassley said the dispute partly at the center of the dispute between DHS and its inspector general concerns undercover testing of TSA screening procedures.

TSA officers miss paychecks during government shutdown, leading to 10% call-out rates nationwide and massive airport security delays across the country.