Bangladesh student protesters to form new party in political shake up

Mitch McConnell is retiring from US politics. Good riddance | Moira Donegan

Whenever you see a horror of anti-democratic rule, remember Mitch McConnell. You have him to thank. You would think that this is exactly what Mitch McConnell wanted. McConnell, the 83-year-old ...

The Guardian - 4d

To stop corruption and rescue democracy, we must take money out of politics

Donald Trump is attempting to replace our democratic Republic with a plutocratic dictatorship that looks a lot like Vladimir Putin's. How has this happened? One answer is the corrupting influence ...

The Hill - 4d

Uefa president Ceferin makes outspoken intervention on European politics

Slovenian opines about immigration and populism ‘We are all fed up with political correctness’ The president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin, has made an outspoken intervention in European politics, ...

The Guardian - 4d

Musk's email ultimatum leads to mixed messages: From the Politics Desk

Federal employees started another work week receiving mixed messages from the top after Elon Musk's weekend email ultimatum.

NBC News - 3d

Musk flexes political muscle in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Elon Musk is flexing his political muscle in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race in an effort to tip the scales in favor of the conservative candidate. The tech billionaire, who has emerged as a key ...

The Hill - 3d

German politics froze out the far right for years – is this about to change?

Germany's main parties refuse to work with the far right, but the AfD wants to tear the firewall down.

BBC News - 3d

DOGE caught the car. Now what?: From the Politics Desk

In today’s edition, Jonathan Allen talks to federal workers about Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the government. Plus, Steve Kornacki digs into how the public is viewing President Donald ...

NBC News - 2d

The Trump-Musk show takes center stage: From the Politics Desk

The Donald Trump-Elon Musk dynamic is defining the political state of play at the White House, on Capitol Hill and outside of Washington.

NBC News - 1d

Republicans pushing forward on Medicaid changes, despite potential political fallout

House Republicans signaled they’re going full steam ahead on significant changes to Medicaid, despite pressure from Democrats and even some moderates in their party.

ABC News - 1d

Mirroring the far right on immigration backfired for Germany’s political centre | Johannes Hillje

Even the Greens hardened their rhetoric and lost votes as a result. The message is clear: the new government must offer hope, not hatred. Germany’s next government will be a coalition of the ...

The Guardian - 14h

Political scientist Bjorn Lomborg: ‘You can’t spend on everything’

The ‘sceptical environmentalist’ used cost-benefit analysis to argue against emissions cuts. Now he has turned his attention to overseas aid

Financial Times - 8h

Vance on Pope’s immigration policy criticism: Catholics ‘too preoccupied’ with clergy's politics

Vice President Vance on Friday said that American Catholics focus too much on criticism coming from clergy members, in response to Pope Francis’ public disapproval of the Trump administration’s ...

The Hill - 6h

GOP-led committee launches probe to root out 'political' hires

Politico - 2h

Biden's SAVE repayment plan for student loan borrowers is dead. Here's what to know

Now that the Biden administration's SAVE plan is blocked, millions of student loan borrowers will need to find a new way to repay their debt.

CNBC - 6d

WATCH: MLB legend Alex Rodriguez drains halfcourt shot to win Bucknell student $10K, celebrates with fans

A Bucknell student won $10K thanks to A-Rod's unlikely halfcourt bank shot

CBS Sports - 4d

Judge Blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE Team From Education Department’s Student Loan Databases

The American Federation of Teachers, a union representing more than 1.8 million educators, had sued to keep members of Mr. Musk’s government efficiency team out of the Education Department’s systems.

The New York Times - 4d

Federal judge blocks Musk's DOGE from access to student loan borrowers' personal data

Elon Musk's government-slashing effort, DOGE, is temporarily barred from accessing personal data on 42 million student loan borrowers, a federal judge ruled.

CNBC - 4d

Student loan borrowers face abrupt 180 as GOP budget plans threaten to raise payments

Student loan borrowers could see their payments increase under budget plans currently under discussion by House Republicans, a violent about-face after years of working with the Biden ...

The Hill - 3d

A soccer ball, a T-shirt: teachers scramble to say goodbye to students fleeing under Trump

As families move away to avoid deportation, excruciating goodbyes leave teachers feeling ‘completely empty’. A soccer ball covered in signatures from classmates. A handwritten letter telling a ...

The Guardian - 2d

2 college students were publicly caned for having gay sex in Indonesia’s Aceh

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex

ABC News - 1d

Student-loan borrowers struggle to access repayment plans. Advocates worry about ‘chaos.’

The Trump administration’s push for efficiency could result in student-loan borrowers receiving the bare minimum of service just as millions of them need help staying on track.

MarketWatch - 1d

Patrick Mahomes surprises Texas Tech student who made viral 94-foot putt with free tuition

Texas Tech Red Raiders athletics will cover the student's tuition for next Fall after he sank the on-court putt on Monday.

ESPN - 21h

Trump administration removes student loan repayment applications from Education Department website

The Trump administration has taken down the applications for popular student loan repayment plans from the U.S. Department of Education's website.

CNBC - 20h

Louisiana college student dies in off-campus event, university halts fraternity initiation activities

Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old junior at Southern University and A&M College, died Thursday after attending an off-campus event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

NBC News - 16m

Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy party takes initial step toward disbanding

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party took an initial step toward dissolving on Thursday

ABC News - Feb. 20

Boosted by Musk and Trump, German far-right party looks likely to make historic gains

It is a pivotal moment for Germany's far-right AfD ahead of national elections Sunday. The party is polling at 21% — likely enough for second place.

NBC News - Feb. 21

Marvel Rivals Bans A Popular Third-Party Plugin, But Don't Worry If You've Used It

NetEase is getting more aggressive when it comes to cracking down on the use of third-party plugins while playing Marvel Rivals . It's now banning the use of an application called Blitz, although ...

GameSpot - Feb. 21

Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest.

NBC News - 4d

Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest

ABC News - 4d

Photo shows S.Korea parliament speaker donning memorial pin, not Chinese ruling party symbol

Yahoo News - 3d

In Former East Germany, the Hard-Right AfD Party Finds Most of Its Support

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis.

The New York Times - 3d

Reddit co-founder says Meta’s end to third-party fact-checking is ‘very pragmatic’

"It is impossible to do fact-checking at scale, let alone in real time, as Facebook was trying to do," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC.

CNBC - 1d

ESPN Broke Up With MLB Because the Money Just Didn’t Add Up

The calculus behind ESPN’s decision to walk away from its longstanding partnership with Major League Baseball may have been a bit knottier than a simple cost-benefit analysis would otherwise ...

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Activists to hold vigils to protest death penalty in Singapore as a Malaysian man awaits execution

Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a Malaysian man for drug trafficking despite ...

ABC News - Feb. 19

The Tesla Takedown Has Begun. A National Protest Movement Seeks to Strike a Blow to Elon Musk’s Net Worth

As DOGE barrels through D.C., Americans on the ground are starting to mobilize outside Tesla dealerships.

Inc. - Feb. 19

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested over anti-Trump protest at city council meeting

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe called for "peaceful civil disobedience" and "no kings" Thursday in the wake of his highly publicized arrest at a Southern California city council ...

NBC News - Feb. 20

Singer of Canadian anthem at 4 Nations Face-Off changes lyric to protest Trump's 51st state remarks

The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game changed a lyric in “O Canada” from “in all of us command” to “that only us command.”

ABC News - Feb. 21