A meteorologist who caved to political pressure during Donald Trump's first administration to mislead the public about a hurricane forecast was nominated by the president Tuesday to once more lead ...

But Trump refused to back down, lashing out with angry tweets and even displaying a doctored forecast map -- apparently amended with one of the black Sharpie pens he favors using -- to bolster his ...

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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department on Wednesday to suspend all passport applications seeking to change a sex marker and all applications requesting an “X” sex marker ...

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,066. Zaporizhia region. On January 23, Russia launched two attacks on the regional capital, killing one person and wounding five others, including a two-month-old ...

This week we examine three major global stories shaping the headlines. In the US, the Trump administration’s return to power has brought bold, controversial promises of American expansionism and ...

Staff were specifically 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.” ...

As of Thursday, the online application tool still allows applicants to select “X” for their gender or say they wish to change their gender marker, causing confusion within the department’s ...

The directive means trans, intersex and nonbinary people who choose the “x” marker will be forced to carry passports that misgender them. This comes days after Trump issued a day one executive ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen all applications for passports with “X” gender markers, an option available to people who don’t identify as male or female that was started in the ...

Or the elation from the crowd as he tossed the ceremonial felt-tip marker into the throng ... What still remains to be seen is how effective rule-by-Sharpie really is and what reaction it provokes.