{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...

Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy made an emergency landing in a field Friday after his plane experienced a mechanical engine failure during routine training.

Eric Swalwell is facing calls to drop out of his race governor, and his one-time supporters are backing away, amid first-hand accounts from accusers claiming Swalwell sexually harassed and abused them.

The alleged victim revealed Rep. Eric Swalwell pressured her to send naked pictures of herself and sent sexually explicit photos of his own genitalia.