The government shutdown, which started on Oct. 1, continues to drag on. Here's how it's impacting passport applications and ...

Special Passport Acceptance Fairs are organized events where U.S. citizens can both apply for a passport for the first time if they have never done so or go through the steps of getting one for a ...

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Department of State has shut down its online passport appointment system, saying scammers are using bots to scoop up and resell appointments. This comes as the State Department ...

The State Department has launched a beta program for passport renewal applications that will be open to the public, according to senior officials at the department. According to the officials, the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department on Wednesday to suspend all passport applications seeking to change a sex marker and all applications requesting an “X” sex marker, ...

A passport belonging to Dana Zzyym rests on a table, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Fort Collins, Colo. Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, told the Associated Press that their passport is the ...

The days where the only option to renew your passport was mailing the State Department a printed application and a $15 check — or worse, going in person — are coming to an end. The Department of State ...

The State Department has issued the first U.S. passport with “X” marked for gender. It is unknown who received the passport. In a statement on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to freeze applications in the passport pipeline with “X” selected as the gender identifier, according to internal communication ...