Senior Official at State Dept. Defends Staff Cuts: ‘Must Move at the Speed of Relevance’

The U.S. State Department building in Washington on July 11, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP) via Getty Images) A senior State Department official told members of Congress on July 15 that recent layoffs at the department were necessary because the complex bureaucracy was unsustainable. Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Deputy Secretary of State for Management

Critics of Trump’s presidential library fundraising say “there are no rules”

President Trump’s efforts to direct millions of dollars to his future presidential library has drawn fresh attention to a lack of visibility into the identities or potential interests of the donors who are funding it, a longstanding Washington concern facing past presidents from both parties. Two prominent Senate Democrats say they are preparing to introduce