American travelers can now keep shoes on during airport security as millimeter wave technology effectively detects threats that older systems couldn't identify.

As of Tuesday, passengers at U.S. airports are no longer required to remove their shoes during the TSA screening process.

Now, by closing the curtain on the shoe requirements, Noem has indulged in a rival form of spectacle: populism theater. Her new policy gives citizens something they actually want, and something that has until this point been reserved for upscale travelers who pay for premium airport-security-hopping services.

The TSA is now allowing travelers to wear shoes through airport security, ending a rule in place since 2006. Here's what to know in Michigan.