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
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
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on June 21, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP President Donald Trump’s administration is working to address trade imbalances with a group of 15 top trading partners. When the president’s trade saga commenced this year, White House officials coined the term “Dirty 15” to
Children and supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on April 22, 2025. Parents won the right to sue to opt their young children out of school storybooks that promote LGBT lifestyles due to religious reasons in a Supreme Court ruling on June 27. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images When
Adelita Grijalva, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in a special primary election to replace her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, hugs a supporter at an election night gathering, in Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 2025. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP TUCSON, ARIZONA—Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva won the Democratic
National Guard members stand guard outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. David Ryder/Reuters The Pentagon said on Tuesday it is withdrawing half of the 4,000 National Guard troops participating in a federal protection mission in Los Angeles. In June, President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the 4,000
Voters in southern Arizona have nominated Democrat Adelita Grijalva to advance to a special general election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. Raúl Grijalva, who is Adelita’s father, was one of the most senior and progressive power brokers on Capitol Hill. His death in March left the seat