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State Department, passport

NBC News on MSN · 6h

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.

CNN on MSN · 4h

State Department suspends processing passport applications with ‘X’ gender marker

The State Department has suspended processing passport applications seeking the gender marker of “X” and will only process and issue passports for people identifying as male or female, according to a department spokesperson.

ABC News on MSN · 12h

State Department halts 'X' passport gender marker applications

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

State Department, foreign assistance

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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt. The order threatened a quick halt to many of the billions of dollars in U.

State Department suspends nearly all U.S. foreign aid for 3 months

The State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months. That affects tens of billions of dollars on programs that run from military assistance to Ukraine to supporting police in Mexico who interdict fentanyl coming into the U.

CNN on MSN · 5h

US freezes almost all foreign aid

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers after Trump order: report

State Department staff were instructed to “suspend any application requesting an X sex marker” and to “suspend any ...

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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 ...

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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.

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Wang tells Rubio leaders have set tone and direction of US-China ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday and Beijing said he told the ...

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State Department will focus on 'national interest' while promoting peace, Rubio says

Former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of State on Tuesday morning and pledged to improve the department and ...

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In U.S. illegally, two accused of trying to obtain Arkansas state IDs in custody

State investigators say two people in the United States illegally who tried to obtain state ID cards are now legally behind ...

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Trump presses pause on parts of the federal goverment

Heads of federal agencies turned Trump’s executive orders into mandates to cut communication with outside parties, halt most ...

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Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Iowa’s State-Level Immigration Enforcement Law

A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied ...

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Marco Rubio sworn in as secretary of state, pledges decisions to make America 'safer' and 'more prosperous'

After taking the oath of office, Marco Rubio promised that every action taken by the State Department will be determined by ...

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