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Top TSA Official Stumped On How to Improve Airport Security

Lawmakers of the House’s Transportation Security Committee warned on Tuesday that commercial airline flights remain a "major target for terrorism" and that dangerous "gaps in security" screenings could...

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Disclosure: TSA Cannot Verify Employees’ Criminal Histories

Government oversight officials informed Congress on Wednesday that the Transportation Security Administration continues to operate in disarray, failing to record basic security details for thousands of...

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TSA Spent Millions of Dollars for a Randomizer App

The Transportation Security Administration paid IBM $336,413.59 for an app that randomly selects right or left when tapped by a TSA agent. Geek first reported that IBM won the contract for the TSA...

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TSA Spending Millions on Advertising, PR, Holograms While Travelers Suffer

As travelers suffer through long airport security lines, the Transportation Security Administration is spending millions on advertising, public relations, new uniforms, and office furniture. The agency...

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WFB’s Harrington Discusses TSA Wasteful Spending

Washington Free Beacon reporter Elizabeth Harrington discussed how wasteful allocation of funds by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has resulted in inefficiency in airports, not due to...

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Transportation Security Opportunism

The union representing TSA workers entered negotiations with the agency that are more focused on allowing workers to wear shorts than the staffing levels it now claims are responsible for wait times...

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Watchdog Exposes Weaknesses in TSA Oversight of Airport Security

The Transportation Security Administration, tasked with protecting the nation’s airports from terrorism and other threats, exhibits weaknesses in its oversight of commercial airport security, according...

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Report: Federal Officials Were Aware Airport Guard Was Accused War Criminal

Federal agencies knew that a man hired as a security guard at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. was an accused Somali war criminal, CNN reported Friday. Yusuf Abdi Ali, who...

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Problems Persist in TSA Efforts to Protect Air Passengers

The Transportation Security Administration continues to demonstrate weaknesses in protecting airports against threats, a federal official said Tuesday. John Roth, the Department of Homeland Security’s...

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Johnson Touts Improvements at TSA, But Problems Persist

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday that DHS has reduced airport wait times "without compromising security," but a government report released earlier in the day revealed ongoing...

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Chinese Security Company Accused of Corruption Lobbies U.S. Government

A Chinese security equipment company with a checkered record and ties to the People’s Republic of China’s government has retained lobbyists in Washington in an effort to influence the Transportation...

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DHS Investigation: More than 70 Percent of TSA Screenings Missed Test...

A recent undercover investigation by the Department of Homeland Security revealed that Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports around the country fail most of the time. The House...

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Amtrak Passengers Fear Lax Security During Holiday Travel

Amtrak is reportedly cutting back on key security procedures ahead of the holiday travel season, sparking terror concerns as al Qaeda and ISIS continue to instruct its followers to target the U.S. rail...

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174 House Dems Vote Against Anti-Sexual-Predator Amendment

Forty-two House Democrats bucked party leadership on Thursday to pass an amendment ensuring that individuals convicted of sex crimes, terrorism, and other violent offenses cannot be employed by the...

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Concerns Emerge As Congress Moves to Hand Airport Security to Private Sector

Congress is poised to hand over control of sensitive airport screening information to private companies, an unprecedented move that would limit the federal government’s control of passenger information...

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Chief Justice Roberts Dismisses Emergency Challenge to Air Travel Mask Mandate

Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday denied an emergency challenge to the Biden administration's mask mandate for air travel. The case concerns plaintiffs who say they cannot wear masks for medical...

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Biden Transforms U.S. Passports to Accommodate All Gender Identities

The Biden administration will allow any U.S. citizen to add an "X gender marker" to their passport beginning April 11, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday. The State Department is...

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In Midst of Border Crisis, DHS Releases Coloring Book for Children

While dealing with more illegal immigrants crossing the southern border than at any time in U.S. history, the Department of Homeland Security managed to find time to create a children's coloring book....

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Here Are Seven Woke Spending Proposals in Biden's Budget

President Joe Biden's $6.9 trillion budget spends tens of billions of dollars on welfare and social programs for minority groups both domestically and abroad, including a $400 million State Department...

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Taylor Lorenz Holds Breath To Survive 'Dangerous' Encounter With Unmasked...

What happened: Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post reporter best known for attending a teenager's birthday party and being cited in Chinese propaganda broadcasts, survived a "dangerous" encounter at...

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