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The US Supreme Court paused a Massachusetts ruling and, for now, let the Trump administration require passports to list sex at birth, ending self-selected gender markers and the X option on new and renewed documents. In an unsigned order, the conservative majority said the policy merely records a historical fact and is likely to prevail on the merits; three liberal justices dissented. Plaintiffs—transgender and nonbinary Americans—argued the restriction invites harassment and violence. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemned the move as inflicting immediate injury. Trump officials hailed the decision.

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