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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 application where the applicant is seeking to change their sex marker.”
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 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.
Transgender community in limbo as State Department halts processing of passports with 'X' gender mark
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
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Instructs Staff to Freeze Passport Applications With X Gender Marker, Says 'Sex is Not Changeable': Report
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to freeze passport applications with X gender markers or gender identity changes, enforcing an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump to limit federal identification to biological sex classifications.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pregnant women sue President Trump for ‘unilaterally and unconstitutionally’ seeking to strip children of citizenship
Pregnant women across the country have been joining forces to file lawsuits against the federal government over the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Trump DHS finds 'mass influx' of illegal migrants at southern border, requests assistance from all 50 states
President Trump's Department of Homeland Security finds "an actual or imminent mass influx" of illegal immigrants at the southern border.
Marco Rubio breezes through Senate confirmation, becomes first Latino secretary of State
Marco Rubio was overwhelming confirmed by the Senate as secretary of State to Donald Trump. He becomes the global face of ...