# Trump built a new passport.gov website

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Podcast: [The Drey Dossier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drey-dossier-7704467)
Published: 2026-06-10T08:49:00+00:00
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## Resource

I found a new passports.gov, and it doesn't belong to the State Department. When I called them to ask about it, you'd be surprised what they said. After last week's dig into vote.gov and the National Design Studio, it felt like the right time to talk about passports, what's being built, and how fast it's all moving to be ready before July 4th. The full investigation: a passport portal built by the National Design Studio and registered to the Executive Office of the President instead of the agency that actually issues passports, three photo servers sitting behind a sign-in gate with no seal and no privacy notice, ad trackers wired onto the real State Department passport page where the privacy policy link is dead, and login.gov getting a new feature that lets an outside organization verify your identity without you in the room. Read the full article: thedreydossier.substack.com TikTok / IG / X: thedreydossier Share it with someone who deserves to know what's being built in the space between the government you can see and the one you can't. Thanks for being here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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