State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to employees Friday morning.

• Jul 12

Trump threatens 35% tariffs against Canada

Canada — one of the U.S.'s largest trading partners — will face 35% tariffs, President Trump said Thursday.

• Jul 11

Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for nearly $5.3 million at auction

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.

• Jul 16

Trump's tariffs giving CEO of bedding company sleepless nights

Revenue losses from tariffs forced Standard Fiber to cut about 45 of its 250 workers, its CEO said.

• Jul 10

Nashville volunteers deliver food to immigrants too afraid to leave their homes

An 80-year-old Nashville woman estimates that she delivers about 25 boxes a week filled with food and other basic needs to families of undocumented immigrants.

• Jul 10

Trump official criticizes Fed chief Powell as Trump takes aim over interest rates

A top White House budget official said President Trump is "troubled" by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's management, as Mr. Trump pressures him over interest rates.

• Jul 17

Ketanji Brown Jackson says she worries about state of democracy

"I'm not afraid to use my voice," Jackson said of why she writes dissents.

• Jul 10

Before-and-after images show RVs, homes swept away by Texas floods

Aerial images show destruction in Kerr County after deadly floods tore through Central Texas.

• Jul 10

Fired Justice Department official warns we are "driving straight into an abyss"

Patty Hartman, who worked with the public affairs team on Jan. 6 prosecutions, was fired Monday by Pam Bondi.

• Jul 10

Treasury official Julia Hahn to leave as tariff and trade negotiations intensify

Hahn, a public affairs official who worked on trade and tax cuts at the Treasury Department, is also a veteran of Trump's first term.

• Jul 10

Flooded Texas county planned to start developing monitoring system in mid-July

Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.

• Jul 10

Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security called Mahmoud Khalil's claim "absurd," accusing him of "hateful behavior and rhetoric" that threatened Jewish students.

• Jul 10

Who is U.S. tennis player Amanda Anisimova, heading to Wimbledon final

Amanda Anisimova beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

• Jul 10

Indeed, Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 workers as AI shakes up job searches

As AI barrels into the workplace, job search firms like Indeed and Glassdoor are replacing workers with the technology.

• Jul 29

Senators seek to protect rural stations amid push to claw back public media funds

The Senate is expected to vote next week on a request from the White House to claw back funding for international aid and public broadcasting.

• Jul 10

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