Traveling out of Alabama with only a paper copy of your Real ID? TSA says that's not enough. Here's what to know.

The REAL ID Act, passed in 2005, sets security standards for issuing sources of identification, such as driver's licenses. Congress passed the REAL ID Act in response to the September 11 attacks.

When the REAL ID Act was signed into law in 2005, it enacted a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission that the government set security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and IDs.

In 2005, Congress passed the REAL ID Act “to combat identity fraud and create a more secure verification standard for citizens,” according to the DMV.

The implementation of the REAL ID requirement for domestic air travel has been a long time coming. Originally, U.S. states were required to comply with the REAL ID Act by May 2008, but multiple ...

While pornographers and social media tycoons are likely to continue grabbing headlines in the near future, a reckoning is ...

(Gray News) – The TSA is expressing frustrations with travelers who are not providing a proper REAL ID to fly. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the TSA made it known that a Costco membership card ...

If you don't have a Real ID-compliant license, don't try to use your Costco card or other membership ID — it won't work. Here's what will.

(Gray News) – The TSA is expressing frustrations with travelers who are not providing a proper REAL ID to fly. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the TSA made it known that a Costco membership card is not ...

Costco cards good for 'hot dogs & rotisserie chickens,' not airports, TSA says The deadline for travelers to obtain a Real ID for domestic flights and accessing federal facilities was May 7.

TSA says it does not accept Costco cards as form of Real ID—Yes, you read that right There’s confusion at the airport again, and it involves a wholesale membership card.