With a Monday deadline looming, several universities are rejecting a proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education that ties preferential access to federal funds to the Trump administration’s priorities. The Oct. 1 letter to nine schools demanded bans on transgender restroom and sports participation by gender identity, a five-year...
Morning newsletter reports President Donald Trump said the Gaza ceasefire he helped broker remains intact after Israeli strikes in Rafah amid violation claims. After days of rising tension, the strikes jolted the fragile deal, though the IDF said it had begun renewed enforcement. It details scammers posting phony job listings...
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he would join a proposed Budapest summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin if invited, after the US and Russian presidents announced plans to discuss the war in Hungary. In his first briefing since a White House meeting, he called the talks frank, insisted on a...
Japan’s ruling party chief Sanae Takaichi is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister, after striking a deal with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party to replace Komeito ahead of Tuesday’s vote. The new coalition remains a minority, leaving any Takaichi government fragile as it faces immediate tests: talks...
Indonesia’s first year under President Prabowo Subianto has been rocked by street unrest and a faltering flagship policy. August protests over living costs, corruption and inequality left 10 dead and forced a rollback of perks, while a $28bn free school meals scheme has seen more than 9,000 children fall ill...
Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential election, preliminary results showed, taking 54% to Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga’s 45% as the electoral tribunal called the trend “irreversible.” Galvanizing anger over a deepening crisis and fatigue with 20 years of MAS rule, Paz celebrated in La Paz and pledged “solutions,” while Quiroga...
House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to explain why Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva remains unsworn, facing questions from ABC’s Jonathan Karl. He said she’ll be seated when the House returns, even though he swore in two Florida Republicans during a pro forma session. Grijalva, elected Sept. 23, joined Democrats pressing for action...
Jared Kushner told 60 Minutes he expects Hamas to use violence to reclaim power in Gaza, calling the group’s moves a bid to "reconstitute" its positions. The interview came days before the U.S. warned Hamas may target Palestinian civilians and as clashes tested a ceasefire, with Israel striking southern Gaza...
Aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump said fighting in Ukraine should “stop at the lines where they are,” suggesting the Donbas be “cut up,” with most of it left in Russian hands and talks deferred. His remarks came as Ukrainian drones ignited a fire at Gazprom’s Orenburg gas plant...
After the weekend’s No Kings protests, Robert De Niro pressed his case on MSNBC’s The Weekend, urging Americans not to let up. The actor praised the demonstrations, said politicians must fear the “wrath of the people,” and warned that President Trump’s deployments of National Guard troops — including 300 from...
