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A customer opens the door of a Washington state Dept. of Licensing office in Lacey, Wash., Friday, June 22, 2018 next to a sign providing information about the requirements of Real ID. Some Washington licenses and identification cards will soon be marked with the words &quot;federal limits apply&quot; as the state moves to comply with a federal law that increased rules for identification needed at airports and federal facilities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

TSA to charge $45 fee for airline passengers who lack Real ID

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People wait inside a branch of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in Kenner, La., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Washington Times Weekly: The Real ID phenomenon

A TSA agent hands off a non-Real ID for a traveler passing through security at Love Field airport in Dallas, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Most airports are operating smoothly on the first day of the REAL ID requirement

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

An employee, left, checks on necessary documents as people line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Scams target immigrants, seniors, latecomers as REAL ID becomes mandatory

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

People line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

DHS chief says flyers without required ID may face extra screening at airports

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Kansas Department of Revenue shows a Kansas REAL ID. (Kansas Department of Revenue via AP, File)

Not having a REAL ID could cause you travel headaches after May 7

By Bridget Brown - Associated Press

Grave markers are illuminated by rays of a rising sun at Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day, in Arlington, Va., Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Arlington National Cemetery to require REAL ID from drivers starting May 7

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A sign at the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., is shown on April 6, 2016, to inform visitors of the federal government's REAL ID Act, which requires state driver's licenses and ID cards to have security enhancements and be issued to people who can prove they are legally in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

DHS proposes another two-year delay in full Real ID compliance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2018, file photo a sample copy of a Washington driver's license is shown at the Washington state Dept. of Licensing office in Lacey, Wash. Americans will have more time because of the pandemic to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal facilities. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, extended the Real ID deadline until May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

DHS postpones Real ID compliance to 2023

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Americans get year reprieve on REAL ID deadline after coronavirus

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tennessee state library providing records to get Real IDs

Associated Press

Bill advances to shift KY driver’s licensing operations

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Tennessee launches some appointments, e-tickets for Real IDs

Associated Press

Jenna Wamsganz, deputy director of the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, listens to comments from a state lawmaker during a House hearing on the Real ID program on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. Concerns have been raised about access to DMV services by residents in rural Alaska who want a Real ID, special licenses that many will need starting Oct. 1, 2020, to board commercial flights in the U.S. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska eyes options for Real ID access as deadline looms

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2020, file photo, George Chakuchin, left, and Mick Chakuchin walk on ice over the Bering Sea in Toksook Bay, Alaska. Motor vehicle offices across the U.S. have experienced high demand as an Oct. 1 deadline approaches for Real IDs, special licenses many will need to board domestic flights and enter military bases and some federal buildings, but in remote parts of the country, like rural Alaska, those ID cards may be harder to get. People in Toksook Bay, on an island just off Alaska's western coast, rely on small planes to travel off the island. The near DMV office is 115 miles away in Bethel. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

In Alaska, rural living complicates access to Real ID

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Maine secretary, TSA discuss Real ID conversion at airports

Associated Press

TSA, Vermont Motor Vehicles reminding of Real ID deadline

Associated Press

South Dakota’s Real ID system meets federal requirements

Associated Press

New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke, center, foreground, Motor Vehicle Division Director Alicia Ortiz, right, and state Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, left, announce changes to state driver's license application requirements at a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico is making it easier for residents to obtain a basic driver's license that is recognized by state agencies and private businesses but will not be valid for commercial airline travel starting in October 2020. Requirements won't change for licenses that are compliant with federal Real ID standards that ensure continued access next year to commercial airliners and some federal facilities. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico relaxes basic requirements for driver’s licenses

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press