
Travel news: EU to welcome US tourists, New York and California reopen
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Check out CNN's latest weekly news update on pandemic travel. California and New York are open for business, while the EU is set to lift restrictions for 14 countries, including the United States.
(CNN) — It's been another huge week in travel news, and once again CNN Travel is here to help you keep track of the constantly changing world of global restrictions. Come to these round-ups each week to learn about the countries relaxing entry rules, the attractions reopening the doors and the places that have shuttered because of Covid-19 outbreaks.
News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in a second group chat where he shared sensitive military operations details has focused attention on the prominent role she has occupied at the Pentagon without being formally employed during her husband’s short tenure running the US military.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio rolled out the first stage of a major plan to reorganize the US State Department on Tuesday with changes that will eliminate 132 domestic offices, cut around 700 positions in Washington, DC and close offices focused on war crimes and global conflict, according to a senior State Department official and documents obtained by CNN.