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Hunter Biden jokingly challenges Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to cage match

Hunter Biden, 56, says he would fight Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump in a cage match as part of a YouTube channel's tour.

In poll of Republicans, Trump trounces friend-turned-foe Tucker Carlson by 61% to 7%

Tucker Carlson has positioned himself as the Trump administration's most prominent critic on the right, but in a contest with President Trump, polling shows it's not even close.

Sotomayor criticizes Kavanaugh over ICE stops ruling

Justice Sotomayor publicly criticized Justice Kavanaugh this week over his concurring opinion in a major immigration enforcement case, saying his background left him unable to grasp the real-world consequences of even brief detentions for working-class Americans

Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s

The federal workforce has shrunk by more than 352,000 employees since President Trump took office last year, through firings, resignations and retirements, according to numbers released from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through Federal Reserve Economic Data.

DOJ asks judge to allow search of Washington Post reporter’s phone, laptops

The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking a federal judge in Virginia to allow it to conduct its own search of a Washington Post reporter’s seized electronic devices, rather than have the court do the review. Federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in a March 31 court filing to overturn a lower court...

Eliot Engel, former House Foreign Affairs chair, dies at 79

Former Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died at the age of 79, according to a statement shared on social media by a family member. Engel’s family said that the former congressman, who represented parts of New York City and its suburbs for more than three decades, passed away...

Swalwell loses campaign chairs, endorsements over sexual assault allegations 

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) campaign for California governor lost two co-chairs and key endorsements on Friday after the San Francisco Chronicle reported on allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer. The Chronicle reported that a woman who previously worked for Swalwell alleged that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent. The Hill has not...

Energy prices supercharge inflation figures

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Energy prices supercharge inflation figures Consumer prices in the U.S. rose by 3.3 percent over the past year and by 0.9 percent in March, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). © AP This is the highest inflation rate increase in nearly four years —...

The Memo: Stakes are huge for tense US-Iran talks in Islamabad

The stakes are sky-high and the potential prize is massive in Saturday’s talks between the United States and Iran. But acrobatic leaps of faith will be needed from both sides if they are to even come close to a definitive agreement. Experts suggest that a more realistic hope is some kind of stabilization that would...

Biden defense secretary calls Hegseth’s officers purge concerning

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Lloyd Austin raises alarm on Hegseth’s officers purge Former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of senior military officers is worrisome, adding that the U.S. cannot achieve regime change in Iran...

Hunter Biden challenges Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. to ‘cage match’

Hunter Biden said Thursday he would be willing to challenge President Trump's ​eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, to a "cage match." Hunter Biden, son ​of former President Biden, said he received a call from YouTube personality Andrew ​Callaghan, who the younger Biden said was organizing the match as part of his upcoming “Carnival” tour....

Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for US talks

The Iranian delegation has arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad ahead of high-stakes negotiations with the U.S. on Saturday regarding the fragile ceasefire reached by the two countries this week. Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry shared video footage on the social platform X of Tehran’s representatives stepping off a plane and greeting officials on the...

Macron invites Trump to Palace of Versailles dinner

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly invited President Trump to a dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in June.  France will host this year’s G7 summit, an annual forum among the leading industrialized democracies of the world to collaborate on global policy, in the French town Évian-les-Bains June...

EPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks...

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