After weeks of urging Americans to acquire a REAL ID to fly or enter federal buildings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the federal government will allow those without a Real ID to board planes.
REAL ID was approved in 2005, four years after the 9/11 attacks, although it has never been put into effect. The Trump administration has said it would take effect Wednesday, according to Fox News.
The impact on travelers would be that only state ID cards, such as drivers’ licenses, that are REAL ID compliant would be accepted for domestic air travel.

TSA senior official Adam Stahl said REAL ID “bolsters safet …