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 application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker.”
What Trump’s executive order on gender means for passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a suspension of passport applications that use a gender-neutral marker or request a change in gender.
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.
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.
Unclear how Trump's gender order would impact Canadians with 'X' mark on passports
President Donald Trump signed a presidential order that says the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes, male and female. The order also says all federal documents — including passports — should refer to “sex” rather than “gender.
Marco Rubio Orders Suspension of Passport Applications From Anyone Seeking to Change Gender Marker
It is one of the first directives to be implemented after Trump signed a sweeping anti-trans executive order declaring only two sexes, male and female as assigned at birth.
Trump Administration Eliminates “X” Gender Marker Option for U.S. Passports
As part of the many changes Donald Trump is enacting, the U.S. State Department has recently announced that it will no longer process passport applications that include the gender marker […] The post Trump Administration Eliminates “X” Gender Marker Option for U.
State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs
Efforts to clear unexploded munitions in places like Iraq and Southeast Asia will stop for at least three months, according ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Here's why ending birthright citizenship is likely to take more than a stroke of Trump's pen
The order by President Trump to deny citizenship to babies born to immigrants without legal authorization to be in the U.S.
Rubio tells Senate committee the "top priority" of State Department will be U.S. in confirmation hearing
Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, answered questions ...
Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down
As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, lawmakers in some Democratic-led states are proposing new ways to ...
A man, a plan, a canal: Rubio's first trip as secretary of state will take him to Panama
Marco Rubio will head overseas late next week; he's also scheduled to visit Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...