Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a letter dated July 10 and said he is concerned about the renovation cost for the central bank’s headquarters in
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan /POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the possibility of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Moscow on April 12, 2023. The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation via AP Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Thursday downplayed the cooling of relations between Moscow and Washington after the United States threatened a new round of sanctions. When asked during a press conference in
The seal of the United States Department of State in Washington on Jan. 26, 2017. Joshua Roberts/Reuters The State Department will move forward with its reorganization plan following a recent Supreme Court ruling, a department spokesperson said on Thursday. The move comes after the Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a lower court ruling that
President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 28, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on July 10 that he has struck a new deal with NATO under which the United States will supply weapons to Ukraine amid its ongoing
The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Multiple agencies updated their policies on July 10 to block illegal immigrants from receiving federal benefits through their programs. The move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order in February directing federal agencies to identify government-funded programs that “permit illegal aliens to
A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge while standing outside a courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York on June 10, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo A standoff occurred between federal immigration agents and staff at a Southern California medical center on July 8 after a Honduran man facing