U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 5, 2025. Leah Millis/Reuters Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he expects the Supreme Court to side with the Trump administration on its
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks with reporters while waiting to catch the Senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 25, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is under investigation after the Department of War received allegations he engaged in misconduct, the department said on
President Donald Trump looks on during the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping by phone on Nov. 24, two months after their meeting in
President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 6, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump said over the weekend that tariff revenues are poised to skyrocket as global buyers exhaust stockpiles of untariffed goods, clearing the way for what he described as
The U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that he wants the Senate to end its filibuster rule, weeks after the longest government shutdown in history was ended, warning that a similar delay tactic may be used again in
White House senior adviser Elon Musk on the South Lawn of the White House on March 9, 2025. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Federal government agencies terminated and reduced 78 “wasteful” contracts over the past nine days with a ceiling value of $1.9 billion, generating $335 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in
(Front row, L-R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Angola and Chairperson of the African Union Joao Lourenco, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pose for a group photo on the opening day of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa,