We can keep our shoes on at TSA, but we still have to keep our liquids to 3.4 ounces. Security experts tell us why that rule will take time to change.

Policies on liquids will remain in place.TRAVEL A little less stress. The TSA eliminates shoe removal at airport security. Policies on liquids will remain in place.

As of Tuesday, passengers at U.S. airports are no longer required to remove their shoes during the TSA screening process.

TSA will no longer require travelers to remove shoes at security, while two UK airports are lifting liquid limits. Both measures should smooth passenger throughput.

Portland International Airport will begin allowing flyers to go through TSA security checkpoints without removing their shoes.

The Transportation Security Administration geniuses only imposed the rule years after the “shoe bomber” failed, maybe simply to distract us all from the also-maddening restrictions on liquids.

The TSA finally broke its silence regarding a major rule change for travelers.

The TSA currently requires passengers to remove their shoes when going through a security checkpoint. Now, a new report claims the government agency has rolled back this mandate.

Portland International Airport will begin allowing flyers to go through TSA security checkpoints without removing their shoes.

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The shoe removal rule was first implemented in 2006, but its origin dates back to a 2001 “shoe bomber” plot aboard an American Airlines flight.

The TSA ends its stupidest rule ever after 20 years of pointlessness: The Transportation Security Administration has started to phase out its rule requiring travelers to take off their shoes ...