{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story DOI proposes potentially major water cuts The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River. © AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File The river provides water to...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US stands on the brink of a widening regional war The U.S. war with Iran is flaring up across the region, threatening to pull U.S. allies into a fight that Washington and Israel started five months...

The Italian government on Friday imposed border checks with Spain in response to an influx of tens of thousands of migrants in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.  The move will impact flights and maritime transport and temporarily suspends Spain’s Schengen border-free rights, an agreement that allows citizens of European member states to move...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over wagers he placed on the State of the Union earlier this year on Kalshi, the agency announced Friday. Santos placed bets on whether he would attend President Trump's address in February, while also posting on...