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Federal REAL ID rules require applicants to prove identity, date of birth, Social Security number, two proofs of residence, and lawful status; for U.S. citizens that lawful-status requirement is satis...
REAL ID is a federally compliant version of a state-issued driver’s license or ID that meets security standards set by the 2005 REAL ID Act and — beginning May 7, 2025 — is required to board domestic ...
Twelve to fifteen U.S. jurisdictions already let residents store state IDs or mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in smartphone wallets or state apps for some official uses, and at least 14 states are acc...
Across the supplied analyses, the most consistent estimate is that roughly of the federal budget (and therefore about 13% of federal tax dollars) goes to national defense in recent years, though other...
Five U.S. states currently issue Enhanced Driver’s Licenses or Enhanced ID cards (EDL/EID): Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, and Washington, and those cards are explicitly recognized by federal...
Available reporting shows President Donald Trump proposed $10,000 bonus payments for some air-traffic and other front-line federal workers who stayed on the job during the 43-day government shutdown, ...
Federal officials are investigating roughly $700 million in U.S. cash that the Transportation Security Administration flagged in passenger luggage leaving Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport ...
A number of states formally resisted REAL ID in the past: reporting and advocacy organizations say about 25 states either passed statutes or resolutions rejecting REAL ID, and at least 15 states enact...
Federal REAL ID rules require either a REAL ID‑compliant state driver’s license/ID or another federally accepted identity document — most commonly a valid U.S. passport or passport card, U.S. military...
Refusing a REAL ID endorsement does not, according to current reporting, automatically strip you of the ability to fly or work — but it will increasingly force you to use alternative federally accepte...
Several jurisdictions allow or are piloting , but as of 2024 no country broadly requires a purely digital national ID as the sole accepted document for international travel. The European Union is adva...
Yes: since May 7, 2025, you can use a U.S. passport (book) or passport card instead of a REAL ID to board domestic commercial flights — TSA lists passports and passport cards as acceptable alternative...
The Transportation Security Administration’s official list of acceptable identification for airport security checkpoints centers on REAL ID‑compliant state driver’s licenses or ID cards and a set of f...
US citizens generally can refuse facial-recognition scans at U.S. airports and request manual processing, while noncitizens face far more limited options and in many cases will be required to submit b...
Federal reporting shows that Transportation Security Administration screening flagged nearly $700 million in U.S. cash detected in passengers’ luggage leaving Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airpor...
Yes. The U.S. passport card is explicitly listed by federal agencies as an acceptable alternative to a state REAL ID for domestic air travel and other federal purposes; the State Department and TSA gu...
Recent reporting shows the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is sharing airline passenger manifests with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) multiple times per week so ICE can identif...
Real ID critics warn the program standardizes and links state ID systems in ways that could enable easier data sharing, tracking and large-scale breaches; privacy groups like the ACLU call a fully imp...
A federal REAL ID framework requires state-issued driver’s licenses to meet security standards to be accepted for boarding commercial flights and entering certain federal facilities; non‑REAL ID cards...
The 43-day 2025 shutdown furloughed roughly 900,000 federal employees and forced about 2 million to work without pay, withholding nearly 3 million civilian paychecks worth an estimated $14 billion by ...