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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...

{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 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...

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 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....

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...

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...

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...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Prediction markets ramp up DC messaging Prediction markets are making their presence known in Washington with eye-catching advertising and events, as the platforms face growing criticism from lawmakers concerned about insider trading and markets linked to war and death. © Allison Robbert, Associated Press Kalshi launched an ad...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Thursday slammed National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett's statement that President Trump’s policies will create a golden age and cause the economy to grow by 4 to 5 percent this year. Hassett, Trump’s top economic advisor, made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Fox Business' Mornings with...

A new poll found that most Americans say they pay too much in taxes, a metric that has remained high for the fifth year in a row. Gallup's poll released Friday shows that nearly 6 in 10 Americans, or 59 percent, said their taxes are too high. A slightly smaller portion at 37 percent said...

The Artemis II crew is set to return home Friday, with the four astronauts completing their 10-day trip to the moon and back after they traveled farther into space than any human in history. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — embarked on the lunar flyby mission on...

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) committed on Friday to holding hearings with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of his committee's ongoing probe, a day after first lady Melania Trump called on Congress to let them testify. “I’ve always planned on having hearings with the victims,” Comer...

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday denounced President Trump's threatening posts about Iran as sounding like the "prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in history." Kerry told MS NOW's Jen Psaki on "The Briefing" that the president's Truth Social posts –– an expletive-laden post on Sunday and a Tuesday threat...