New standards will change the identification that travelers must carry before boarding a domestic flight in the United States ...

Many Americans who fail to get a REAL ID before May 7, 2025, will be prevented from flying domestically and entering federal facilities.

After years of preparation, North Carolina began issuing REAL IDs in 2017, more than three years before the new identification standards were to take effect in October 2020. That date has been ...

The REAL ID looks like a regular North Carolina driver’s license, except for the star in the upper right corner, which indicates that the driver has met stricter federal identification requirements.