From shoe-free screening to facial recognition technology, here's how airport security checkpoints are being transformed in 2025.

The Department of Homeland Security announced an expansion of Transportation Security Administration checkpoints for families traveling with children and military members on Thursday.

Currently, liquids are limited to 3.4 ounces per container with exceptions for essential items. Days after announcing that travelers would no longer need to take their shoes off for TSA screening before flights, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hinted at another possible change.

Current policy allows travelers to bring liquids in 3.4-ounce containers or smaller. Those containers must go in a quart-sized bag. Anything bigger must be put in checked bags. Noem did not give details as to if or when revisions might be made. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to end the TSA’s shoes-off policy.

The Transportation Security Administration has phased out its policy requiring passengers to remove their shoes at security checkpoints, allowing travelers to keep their shoes on while going

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced July 8 that the Transportation Security Administration has eliminated its “shoes-off” policy, meaning the extra step of taking off your shoes will no longer be required at TSA-operated airports.

The TSA briefed airline industry members about the change on Tuesday. The Transportation Security Administration plans to let many travelers leave their shoes on at U.S. airport checkpoints, ending a roughly 20-year-old rule, according to people familiar with the matter. The TSA briefed industry members about the change on Tuesday, the people said.

The widely resented and ridiculed policy, which the U.S. was nearly alone in enforcing, never made much sense.