Week Ahead in Washington: July 6

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Israeli Prime Minister visits Washington as well as leaders from African nations, and President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariff pause ends this week.

With Trump’s signature now on his big, beautiful bill, and the U.S. House of Representatives being out of session, the focus in Washington turns to foreign affairs this week.

Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Washington.

It comes just weeks after Israel, and then the U.S., attacked Iran to try and cripple the nation’s nuclear weapons program.

Trump, along with leaders in the Middle East are also working to try and forge a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel has agreed to the terms of the proposed 60-day truce, while Hamas submitted a “positive response” to the plan.

Also this week, Trump is hosting leaders from five African nations, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal. The meetings come after the Trump administration helped broker a peace deal last month between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Also this week, tariffs. With his 90-day pause on global tariffs set to this coming Wednesday, Trump said Friday he’s signed letters to 12 countries outlining various import taxes with plans to send them out Monday.

Elon Musk also announced Sunday he’s forming a new political party. The former Trump adviser who headed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency posted on his social media platform, X, he’s forming the America Party. It comes after Musk publicly opposed Trump’s big, beautiful bill over concerns about its potential impact on the national debt and its affect clean energy