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The best airports in America are the ones that get you there quickly, move you through efficiently, and get you on your way without making the terminal itself the main event. That is why some of the country’s most praised airports, especially LaGuardia, look better than they actually function.
A key Senate aviation Democrat wants TSA to make Americans take their shoes off again at security checkpoints, reviving one of the most visible rituals of post-9/11 airport screening even though there is no clear evidence the policy ever stopped another plot. It’s a distraction when the agency still misses dangerous items and regulates itself.
A conservative influencer walked into a Dallas–Fort Worth airport chapel during Muslim prayer and emerged claiming the space was “basically a mosque,” pointing to prayer rugs and the lack of Christian symbols. But the bigger reality is less dramatic: DFW’s chapels are multi-faith spaces, Friday Muslim services there are longstanding, and in an era when relatively few Americans pray while traveling, the people most likely to make regular use of airport worship space are often the ones most visibly committed to doing so.
Florida just renamed Palm Beach airport for Trump.
But the new name will not actually take effect for months. The law does not kick in until July 1, and there is still federal approval and a naming agreement to get through first.
A man started handing out vodka shots in a four-hour TSA line at Houston airport. With airport security waits spiraling during the shutdown, passengers stranded in one of the country’s worst lines got an unexpected morale boost from a traveler sharing the bottle he would never make it through the checkpoint with anyway.
President Trump ordered the government to pay TSA screeners even though House Republicans refused to take up a Senate funding bill, and DHS now says officers will get paychecks on Monday. The move may ease the immediate airport staffing crisis after weeks of unpaid work, rising absences, and hundreds of TSA resignations, but it’s also probably illegal – though may not be challenged.
On Friday morning around 8:30–8:45 a.m., March 27, 2026, a U.S. Secret Service special agent assigned to Jill Biden’s protective detail shot himself in the leg at the Philadelphia airport.
Austin is building a six-gate remote terminal on the west side of the airfield, with passengers bused over from the main terminal and only limited concessions inside. City officials say Concourse M is for overflow, diversions, and construction relief, but with the airport already tight on gate space, the bigger question is which airlines may wind up using it for regular flights.
President Trump says he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA screeners immediately during the shutdown, after weeks of insisting Congress had to solve the problem while airport security lines spiraled out of control. The move may ease some of the pressure on travelers, but the legal authority is shaky at best — and may survive less because it is clearly lawful than because almost no one has standing, or the appetite, to sue to stop TSA workers from being paid.
he U.S. government is warning travelers that Hong Kong has changed its national security rules so that even people merely transiting the airport can be compelled to unlock phones, laptops, and other devices — and refusing can now be a criminal offense. That makes Hong Kong International Airport a much riskier connection point for anyone carrying sensitive personal or business data. Beware flying Cathay Pacific.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
