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The U.S. State Department Suspends Passport Applications With This Marker — Here's What Every Traveler Needs to Know
The State Department has suspended the processing of passport applications that selected “X” as their gender following an executive order from President Donald Trump.
New Secretary of State Marco Rubio of Florida jumps into new role. What he's starting with
Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.
Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’
The Trump administration paused all foreign aid and urged USAID to follow in step or face disciplinary action for not complying with the freeze.
State Department to suspend passport applications seeking sex-marker changes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a memo reviewed by NBC News, said additional guidance would be issued on existing passports containing an “X” sex marker.
State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide
The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.
New Secretary of State Marco Rubio pauses refugee operations, ramps up visa vetting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is advising his department to cease refugee resettlement operations and begin ramping up vetting of visas from certain regions.
Hundreds of USAID internal contractors put on leave, terminated amid US freeze on global aid
Hundreds of contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development are being put on unpaid leave and some are being terminated after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on U.
Tren de Aragua, a gang started in a Venezuelan prison, becomes early target of Trump administration immigration raids
A series of immigration executive actions signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term included a call for the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a global terrorist organization.
Rubio's Central America trip aims to counter China, State Department says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to Central America, including Panama, is partially about countering China, a State Department spokesperson told Fox Business, as new President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal.
Antony Blinken has a deal for a 'candid' book about his years as Joe Biden's secretary of state
The book is billed as a “rare glimpse” into the “challenging and often controversial” responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war in Gaza and other crises.
Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico now renamed to Gulf of America, Denali to Mount McKinley
While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
NJ families in a 'state of desperation' as Trump suspends refugee admissions
Advocates worry about the future of a decades-old program that has served as a lifeline for refugees displaced by war and political persecution.