The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens.

The 2025 naturalization civics test includes additional questions on topics ranging from "American Innovation" to influential historical documents.

Two centuries ago, the exam didn’t even exist. Under the terms of the Naturalization Act of 1802, citizenship merely required ...

Currently, 88% of citizenship test-takers pass on their first try. Even if the Trump-era changes reduced that rate, it’s ...

The new Trump approach also includes plans to challenge “birthright citizenship,” under which almost all children born on U.S. soil (the offspring of foreign diplomats are the main exception) ...

Hi, I'm Soledad O'Brien and we're getting ready for the next leg of the matter of fact listening tour. It's all about what it means to be an American. If you're born here, you're a citizen. But could ...

The Biden administration revealed plans Wednesday to rewrite the test to become a U.S. citizen, making it a multiple-choice exam and changing the way applicants must demonstrate their knowledge of ...

Hi, I'm Soledad O'Brien and we're getting ready for the next leg of the matter of fact listening tour. It's all about what it means to be an American. If you're born here, you're a citizen. But could ...

Watch the Matter of Fact Listening Tour on March 18 Watch the Matter of Fact Listening Tour on March 18 Watch the Matter of Fact Listening Tour on March 18 For those born into U.S. citizenship, there ...