US Citizens Able to Return to US on Expired Passports

US Customs and Border Protection and the US Department of State have announced that as of May 21, 2021, US citizens with expired passports may use those expired passports to return to the US through December 31, 2021.  

To do this, they have to meet certain requirements: 1) the person must be a US citizen who is currently abroad and trying to return to the US; 2) their flight back to the US must be direct or with only a connecting flight through a foreign country; 3) the expired passport must have expired on or after January 1, 2020, and must have originally been valid for 10 years (unless the person was 15 years old or younger when it was issued); and finally 4) the person must have the expired and undamaged passport in their possession. 

(CBP announcement link: https://www.cbp.gov/document/bulletins/travel-us-citizens-expired-passports) 

(Department of State announcement link: https://www.state.gov/return-travel-on-recently-expired-u-s-passports/)