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Media reports claim that TSA will allow airport travelers to keep their shoes on.

According to reports, the Transportation Security Administration will announce that passengers won't be required to remove their footwear during security checks in some U.S. Airports.

CBS News reported on Monday, citing sources that the TSA's policy change appears to be phased in, with the first airports where the requirement for no shoes will end being Baltimore/Washington International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

Karoline Lavitt, White House Press Secrecy, responded to the CBS report on X on Tuesday with "Big News from @DHSgov!" Karoline Leavitt's response included emojis of an airplane and shoe.

On Tuesday afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Nem will hold a news conference where she will announce the new policy.

TSA didn't immediately respond to an inquiry for comment about the removal of this policy.

TSA started requiring passengers to remove their shoes in order to check for explosives as early as August 2006. TSA began requiring passengers to remove their shoes to screen for explosives in August 2006.

TSA introduced the TSA Trusted Traveler Program in 2013, which does not require members to remove their footwear. Shoes are not required to be removed by children under 12 or adults over 75. (Reporting and editing by Margueritachoy; Additional reporting and editing by Nicole Johnson)

(source: Reuters)