The national deadline for Americans to obtain a REAL ID to use for travel an other purposes is fast approaching. Newsweek has put together everything you need to know before next week's deadline.

Twenty years in the making, the 2005 REAL ID Act is finally going into effect on May 7. The act, passed amid other increasingly tight security measures following 9/11, established that Americans would ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the new Real ID requirements. So you’re probably wondering: What is the Real ID, anyway? It’s an enhanced form of identification, either a federally compliant ...

Domestic flight travelers will be required to have a Real ID seal on their identification card or driver's license beginning May 7. To update or license or ID to a Real ID, you'll have to book an ...

Travelers planning to fly next spring and summer are going to need a Real ID in order to board their next flight in the U.S. starting on May 7, 2025. By the deadline, people 18 and older will be ...

New ID rules go into effect nationwide in a little more than a month. If you need a Real ID, there's still time to get one before rules go into effect May 7. Here's a look at what's changing and what ...