{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Iran deal could reopen Hormuz Strait The deal with Iran is not complete but is three-quarters of the way there, and a signing should take place within the next few days, according to a senior Trump administration official. © AP Photo/Vahid Salemi The official...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump says U.S. and Iran are close to a deal President Trump said Thursday that he canceled the forthcoming strikes and bombings against Iran, citing progress in discussions with Tehran’s leadership. © Tom Williams, CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images “Based on the fact that discussions with...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Union: 9-1-1 doesn’t work right on EPA call software The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) replaced employee desk phones with calling software used on their laptops, something the union says poses safety issues, including during a recent medical emergency. © AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Reflecting Pool work expenses grow The cost of a contract for work on the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool has ballooned further — now costing taxpayers a total of $14.7 million — according to federal records. © Natasha Kaiser The federal contract with Atlantic Industrial...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Peace deal could bring some relief to drivers The U.S.-Iran peace deal is expected to bring some relief for Americans’ at the pump, but even if it holds, prewar gasoline prices could be elusive. © Amirhosein Khorgooi, ISNA via Associated Press The agreement is expected to...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump asks to toss NAACP pollution suit against xAI The Trump administration is intervening on behalf of Elon Musk’s xAI after the NAACP accused it in court of illegally polluting the air of a Memphis-area community. © AP Photo/Markus Schreiber In April, the civil rights organization alleged that...