The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.

FILE - The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Non-profit public libraries across the country can no longer process passport applications following an order from the U.S. State ...

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their ...

Certain public libraries have been ordered to stop processing passport applications in the United States. The order by the U.S. State Department disrupts a long-standing service that librarians say ...