New TSA screening changes at IAH led to hourlong waits as staffing shortages tied to the shutdown reduced checkpoint capacity.

If you've flown out of Houston lately, you've probably asked yourself the same thing everyone else stuck in a snaking, two-floor security line is thinking: When will this madness end? Right now, the honest answer from the people actually running the checkpoints isn't reassuring.

The Senate approved by unanimous consent Thursday a proposal to end the special treatment members of Congress get at airports that allows them to speed through or skip the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) screening checkpoints.

Some of the nation’s busiest airports saw hourslong security lines this weekend, as the partial government shutdown begins to hit air travel.

The stalemate in Washington, DC over funding the Department of Homeland Security has led to hourslong airport security lines and frustrated travelers, but now passengers could see some airports closed altogether,

As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on, travelers across the country — including those at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport — are facing increasingly long TSA lines. A newly passed U.

According to Arizona’s Family, Sky Harbor officials confirmed that checkpoints B and D were closed Friday while A and C stayed open. The outlet quoted an airport spokesperson urging travelers, “Arrive a minimum of two hours before your flight (three if flying internationally) to leave plenty of time to check your bags,