CHICAGO -- This morning, millions of Americans hoping to travel abroad are instead stuck in limbo in a massive mounting backlog of passport applications. "I'm trying to contact everyone that I can to ...

If you're getting ready for an international trip, one of the first things to double-check is your passport. Real ID will cover domestic flights, but you'll still need a valid passport to travel ...

It used to be that renewing your passport required taking time off work, standing in line, and dealing with paperwork. Thankfully, that is no longer the case. You can now renew your passport from the ...

For the first time, the United States blue book is not among the top 10 most powerful passports, sliding to the 12th spot on the Henley Passport Index, a ranking based on the number of destinations ...

The U.S. passport has slipped to its lowest ranking ever, falling out of the world’s top 10 most powerful passports for the first time in 20 years. The Henley Passport Index, which ranks passports ...

The U.S. is not the only one tightening up its borders. In a dramatic fall, the United States passport is now weaker than it has ever been. The American passport has slipped to its lowest-ever ...

We learned back at WWDC25 that US passport support would be coming to Apple Wallet. It hasn’t yet arrived in iOS 26, but the company yesterday confirmed that it is on the way. An update to the Apple ...

Apple’s Wallet app just got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, but there’s another addition coming very soon: US passport support. Digital IDs in Wallet will gain US passports by the end of the year ...

Falling out of the global top ten for the first time, the U.S. passport now ranks alongside Malaysia in terms of global power. And it’s not alone, with the UK passport also at its lowest ever ranking.

What makes a passport “powerful”? Well, a clear measure is travel openness, the ability to slip into destinations around the world with a breezy wave of your passport, no visa required. The Henley ...