Rachel Oswald is a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering the U.S. Congress, Trump administration, and more. Prior to joining FP, she spent 11 years covering foreign policy for CQ Roll Call and five years covering nuclear threats and international security at National Journal. She has reported from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and she is a graduate of George Washington University.
Three U.S. National Guard troops walk in front of a blue billboard truck that displays the message "No War With Iran" as it sits in front of the U.S. Capitol building.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth raises a hand to accentuate a point as he addresses House lawmakers in the Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill.
A man in a white collared shirt raises his right hand as if taking an oath or being sworn in. The image is a black-and-white, close-up shot of his profile.
U.S. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a podium inside the U.S. Capitol while surrounded by reporters and other Republican senators in his leadership team.
A profile shot of Hegseth, a man in a blue suit and striped shirt, speaking animatedly. He has his hands held up near his face, palms facing each other, and his mouth is wide open as if shouting or cheering. The background is dark with a hint of red drapery.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sits between two uniformed military intelligence leaders inside the Senate Hart Building on Capitol Hill at the beginning of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on March 18.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet participating in U.S. military operations against Iran prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
Sen. Tim Kaine standing inside the U.S. Capitol gestures in front of a large placard that bears a quotation from U.S. President Donald Trump on the likelihood of more U.S. casualties before the Iran war is over.
A large crowd of people, some holding aloft a banner that reads "Democracy died in complacency," gather outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on an overcast day in Washington to listen to speeches condemning the closure of the agency.
