Maybe you want to spend some time abroad? A U.S. passport allows access to 186 destinations. And more U.S. residents are looking to get the documents, to the point where the U.S. Department of State ...

If you already have a U.S. passport, check its expiration date. An adult passport lasts 10 years—but many countries require that it be valid at least six months past the date of your trip. To renew ...

You can also apply for a passport at 7,400 post offices, libraries and other government facilities. More than 99% of ...

If you need a passport fast, even the government’s “expedited” service takes a month. Use this hack to do it in a day. I recently found myself in a passport pickle. I took a travel-writing assignment ...

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 ...

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 ...