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.”

Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.

Former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of State on Tuesday morning and pledged to improve the department and make the country and world better over the next four years.

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.

It wasn’t immediately clear if already-issued passports that use “X” under the gender option will remain valid. A State Department spokesperson told NBC updates would be shared as soon as possible on the department's travel website.

The Trump administration paused all foreign aid and urged USAID to follow in step or face disciplinary action for not complying with the freeze.

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.

Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.

If our city feels rudderless and out of control these days, it’s not your imagination: To a remarkable degree, the man New York elected to hold things together, Mayor Eric Adams, has been in steady retreat — and in some cases,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The Ministry of External Affairs is collaborating with the US to expedite the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Rana's petition to prevent extradition was dismissed by the US Supreme Court,

Dozens of career senior civil servants and foreign service officers have been placed on administrative leave and hundreds of contractors were fired or furloughed, sources said.