Editor's note: This story ... how to tell if your ID is Real ID compliant. Beginning May 7, you will need a Real ID to board domestic flights or enter certain government buildings.

(The government has for years tried to stand up the REAL ID requirements, most recently in the months before the COVID-19 pandemic.) The law seeks to add another layer of security to various forms ...

Then-Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, called REAL ID a "harebrained scheme" in a 2008 NPR interview. "[W]e are putting up with the federal government on so many fronts, and nearly every ...

Opponents argue REAL ID creates a de facto national identification system, increasing vulnerability to data breaches and government surveillance. TSA maintains that REAL ID sets minimum security ...

The star in the upper right corner of an Indiana driver's license indicates it's Real ID compliant. It may become more difficult to board commercial flights or enter some federal buildings beginni ...

Residents have until May 6 to become Real ID compliant or they won't be able to take domestic airline lights. The federal government will no longer consider standard driver licenses and ...

Will the government stop making REAL IDs after May 7? Is that the cutoff, and you can’t get one? There seems to be a little misunderstanding about the date for the REAL ID program. May 7 isn’t ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bill Talley secured his REAL ID one day before the federal enforcement deadline of May 7. He waited three-and-a-half hours in the walk-in line at the Kentucky Transportation ...