Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story UN: World on track to double warming limit this century A United Nations report warned Monday that the Earth is on track to warm up to 2.9 degrees this century, nearly double the UN's 1.5 threshold. ©...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story What Microsoft gains from OpenAI fallout Nearly one year after OpenAI launched the popular ChatGPT tool, company CEO and co-founder Sam Altman is heading to Microsoft following a surprise ousting. © AP Photo/Alastair Grant Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced late Sunday that Altman, along with former...

A new super PAC linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday dropped at least $500,000 in ad reservations in Iowa, with less than two months before The Hawkeye State caucuses.  The ad placements, worth at least $540,000 according to media-tracking company AdImpact, were reserved Monday by a Super PAC called Fight Right Inc. Last...

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © Getty Images/Jessica McGowan Voting Rights Act ruling sets up likely Supreme Court showdown A federal appeals court Monday issued a significant ruling on who can sue under the Voting Rights Act, a step toward notably weakening...

A group of Democratic senators urged President Biden on Monday to work with Israel in an effort for the country to open its border for humanitarian aid to cross into the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip.  In a letter sent to Biden, the lawmakers asked the administration to work with Israel and its allied partners to implement...

Populist Javier Milei was elected on Sunday as Argentina's new president-elect, in an abrupt shift to the right for the South American country, with some comparing the new leader to former President Trump. Milei clinched an estimated 55.7 percent of the vote over Economy Minister Sergio Massa in Sunday's presidential runoff vote, marking the highest...

The White House on Monday started accounts on Threads, the social media platform launched by Meta as a rival to X. The administration announced the creation of accounts for President Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, as well as accounts for the White House and a Spanish version,...

A Republican senator and the Qatari ambassador to the U.S. argued back and forth on social media Monday, with the U.S. lawmaker criticizing the Gulf country for hosting Hamas while at the same time negotiating for the release of hostages held by the group in the Gaza Strip. Sen. Ted Budd (N.C.) wrote on X,...

First lady Jill Biden welcomed the White House Christmas tree Monday while surrounded by military children. She admired the tree while it was lying in a horse-drawn wagon and chatted with the more than a dozen kids lined up in front of it. She took a photograph with the children and the tree, wearing a...

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu teams up with Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Chris Christie on the GOP presidential campaign trail in New Hampshire ahead of making an endorsement