A US federal judge on Thursday has vacated a US Department of Education (DOE) internal policy directive to cancel grants that supported educator training and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) programs. Under the directive, “Eliminating Discrimination and Fraud in Department Grant Awards,” the DOE canceled 104 of 109 grants in the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) and [...]

US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, saying the outlets’ coverage of his administration amounted to “FICTION and LIES.” Trump made the announcement in a post on his Truth Social platform, declaring the ban “effective immediately” and warning that other news organizations could [...]

UNICEF on Thursday warned that a surge in violence across Yemen has resulted in the forced displacement of more than 57,000 children, exacerbating an already severe humanitarian crisis driven by a decade-long civil war, economic collapse, climate shocks, and a healthcare system on the brink of collapse. Highlighting the dire circumstances that these children are [...]

The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Thursday that according to its latest report assessing the state of global water resources, the world would increasingly experience abnormal water supplies due to decade-long signals of disruption in freshwater resources, including river flows, groundwater, and glaciers. The WMO’s report indicated that 2025 was one of the [...]

The UN Human Rights Office on Friday released a 20-page report documenting 1,004 cases of sexual violence committed during Russia’s full-scale armed attack against Ukraine between February 24, 2022, and July 31, 2026. The report, titled Sexual Violence in the Context of the Russian Federation Full-Scale Armed Attack against Ukraine, is based on confidential interviews with [...]

As a physician, I have spent a career on the far side of a fact pattern I did not choose. This is the moment when something prescribed or administered goes wrong inside a body that trusted it not to. I have seen that more than once. It would be more comfortable to cast myself as [...]

There are evenings when I walk through my apartment as if the apartment were a badly designed republic whose entire constitutional order depends upon the imagination of one person, and I take upon myself, with a seriousness that is immediately undermined by the absurdity of the situation, the role of the president of the United [...]

On January 14, 2026, the US Department of State announced that it would suspend immigrant visa issuance to nationals of 75 countries beginning one week later. The stated concern was public charge: the State Department described the affected nationalities as at high risk of relying on public benefits. The instructions sent to US embassies and [...]

UN experts on Wednesday raised concern over Meta’s proposed multibillion-dollar settlement with US state attorneys general over alleged harms to children and adolescents, warning that privately negotiated agreements should not replace transparent regulation developed with participation from young people and affected communities. The experts described bringing social-media platform design within accountability mechanisms as a necessary [...]