In Donald Trump's second term, his administration enacted a policy requiring that sex markers on passports match a person's ...

In early January, while flying from West Virginia to New York City, Ashton Orr was flagged by airport security and accused of using a fake ID. Orr's driver's license had been updated with a male sex ...

The State Department warns about fake passport websites and explains who is eligible to renew their U.S. passport online under the new OPR system.

Applying for or renewing a passport can be stressful, especially when preparing for an international trip. The government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, 2025, has impacted many federal services, but ...

U.S. congressional lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending package for the new fiscal year, which triggered a federal government shutdown on Wednesday.Many Americans are wondering how the ...

The United States’ latest government shutdown has been ongoing for around a month, but those applying for passports don’t have to worry about their applications being delayed. The State Department ...

“The most common reason for a passport processing delay is improper photos,” Nastro noted. “Even the best of smiles can get ...

A post-COVID nosedive in customer satisfaction rates at the State Department’s centralized passport service call center was reversed in part by technology — including through some investments that met ...

The government’s identity proofing and single sign-on tool, Login.gov, is adding passports as a way for people to prove that they are who they say they are online, the General Services Administration ...