Democrats tend to give less than Republicans when it comes to earmarked funding for universities – but they give more to minority-serving institutions.
June 08, 2026
Maine voters will choose nominees for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor in a state primary on Tuesday
June 08, 2026
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli
June 08, 2026
Israeli strikes killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials there said, as Israel's military expanded the
June 08, 2026
June 8 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea after Israel renewed its military attacks on Iran, adding to concerns about global
June 08, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino recently addressed U.S. city leaders, joking about soccer "conquering" America as the World Cup approaches
June 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Israel and Iran are looking to "do an immediate ceasefire", and that final negotiations on "peace" are proceeding.
June 08, 2026
Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled
June 08, 2026
Mauritius said on Monday that it had not received any proposal from the Trump administration on the Chagos Islands, after the Telegraph reported that the White House was
June 08, 2026
Ukrainian forces have recaptured more than 600 square km of territory so far this year, Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Monday, the latest sign of
June 08, 2026
Roberto Vannacci's new far-right party, Futuro Nazionale, is fast becoming a political headache for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
June 08, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is losing the trust of investors and his growth agenda risks being undone by a
June 08, 2026
A Japanese mayor is making history — by taking maternity leave
June 08, 2026
China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months
June 08, 2026
A Ukrainian drone crossed into Moldova early on Monday and fragments of it showing traces of an explosion were found in a field near the eastern village of Lopatna, not
June 08, 2026
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with "dress
June 08, 2026
South Korea will overhaul its election process after shortages of ballot papers at last week's local elections fuelled a public outcry, the presidential office
June 08, 2026
Overnight exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel will only worsen an already "chaotic diplomatic process" with the United States, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
June 08, 2026
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti called for cooperation from other parties to end 18 months of political deadlock after his Vetevendosje party came out
June 08, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday.
June 08, 2026
Vietnam will lean towards expansionary fiscal policies to meet the government's economic growth target, with the room narrowing for monetary policy, the country's deputy
June 08, 2026
Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said interest rates at their current level were restrictive for the economy and he did not see the need for an increase to tackle
June 08, 2026
Peru's presidential race is set for another drawn-out count after early results on Sunday showed the race was too close to call.
June 07, 2026
Police scuttled an NBA Finals watch party near Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks warned fans to get to Monday’s matchup at least two hours early as part of enhanced security measures with President Donald Trump attending the game
June 07, 2026
Chinese Coast Guard patrols to the east of Taiwan are a "provocative act" and the military will closely coordinate with the island's Coast Guard in
June 08, 2026
Right-wing lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella will face left-wing candidate Ivan Cepeda on June 21 in a presidential runoff in Colombia, after Cepeda on
June 08, 2026
An early tally by pollster Ipsos shows that Roberto Sanchez is leading Peru's presidential race with 50.3% compared to Keiko Fujimori's 49.7%, a statistical tie according to
June 08, 2026
Peru's presidential runoff election remains undecided as authorities tally votes for the country's ninth leader in a decade
June 07, 2026
Graham Platner has been met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd at a town hall-style event in Maine
June 08, 2026
Florentino Perez survived Real Madrid's first genuine presidential contest in two decades in the early hours of Monday, securing four more years at the
June 08, 2026
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June 06, 2026
Nithya Raman narrowly leads Spencer Pratt in race for second spot in Los Angeles mayoral race
June 08, 2026
Rob Sand rallied a crowd for the first time as the official Democratic nominee for Iowa governor on Sunday
June 07, 2026
Days after California’s primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Karen Bass
June 08, 2026
Harvard University psychiatrist and author Robert Coles has died
June 08, 2026
Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war
June 07, 2026
Reports about presumptive Senate nominee Graham Platner's past have left some of his fellow Democrats feeling uneasy about him
June 08, 2026
The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said on Sunday they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian
June 07, 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said Russian magnate Roman Abramovich had met him in Kyiv and offered to take a message to the Kremlin on peace prospects, but the
June 08, 2026
The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said on Sunday they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian
June 08, 2026
Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won Kosovo's parliamentary election on Sunday, the Balkan country's third in just 18 months, but fell short of the
June 07, 2026
The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
June 07, 2026
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were "not in a position to demand reparations", responding to what he
June 08, 2026
Moldova's President Maia Sandu said the war in neighbouring Ukraine showed that her country badly needed high-technology interceptor drones and new
June 08, 2026
The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the “urgent need” to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia’s powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday
June 07, 2026
Lawsuit aims to stop UFC fight at the White House
June 08, 2026
The ruling party of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti appears to have won most votes in an early parliamentary election
June 07, 2026
Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood has died
June 07, 2026
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate
June 07, 2026
Two U.S. lawmakers with national security expertise warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump's choice of Bill Pulte to be
June 07, 2026
A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel
June 07, 2026
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is raising alarms about an eleventh-hour challenger: Dan J. Sullivan
June 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” as he campaigned for the White House in 2024
June 07, 2026
DOJ debunks social media claim of discrepancy in LA mayor vote count while Trump sows doubt in California’s elections
June 07, 2026
Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the
June 07, 2026
Scott Pelley speaks: ‘CBS News is on fire’ and Bari Weiss should be removed
June 07, 2026
Israeli strikes on a Hamas-run police station and a vehicle in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine people and wounded 20 others, health officials said,
June 07, 2026
Donald Trump plans to be back at Madison Square Garden in New York to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs
June 07, 2026
Armenians are voting in a parliamentary election as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West
June 07, 2026
She was a first lady at 19. Now she’s making her fourth attempt to win Peru’s presidency
June 07, 2026
One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
June 07, 2026
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June 07, 2026
Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound
June 07, 2026
The U.S. is lobbying other countries on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors to back a draft resolution demanding that Iran
June 07, 2026
Taiwan's coast guard said on Sunday that its ships had "expelled" four Chinese government ships that entered restricted waters off the island's south after the two sides
June 07, 2026
A gunman in a car opened fire at three locations in Israel close to the border with the occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing one man and wounding several other people,
June 07, 2026
Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against
June 07, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Sunday for a thorough investigation into a ballot shortage that disrupted recent local elections,
June 07, 2026
Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iran, the U.S. military is adjusting to an unusual state of conflict that is not full-
June 07, 2026
Armenians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government's efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat
June 07, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pyongyang on Monday, feeling in a position of strength with a firm
June 07, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain
June 06, 2026
Divisions, migration and Bad Bunny. What Pope Leo’s Spain visit tells us about his priorities
June 06, 2026
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state, warning that it will not tolerate
June 07, 2026
Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait
June 06, 2026
A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania
June 03, 2026
France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to
June 07, 2026
A top White House artificial intelligence policy adviser on Saturday said he will leave his position at the end of June, marking the exit of a leading
June 06, 2026
U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran
June 06, 2026
Pope Leo on Saturday urged global leaders to stop dividing their electorates with "sterile simplifications," calling on them to listen
June 06, 2026
Community gets first look at Obama Presidential Center at My Brother's Keeper Alliance Family Reunion
June 07, 2026
Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank as violence surges there
June 06, 2026
A Maine gubernatorial candidate is running as a political outsider. His last name is Bush
June 06, 2026
Justice Department rushes to defense of Chicago US attorney after weeks of turmoil
June 06, 2026
The Trump administration makes it harder for some sick Americans to maintain Medicaid
June 06, 2026
Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft
June 06, 2026
Pope Leo may have traded his life in Chicago for the ornate apartments at the Vatican's apostolic palace, but he still plans to root for
June 06, 2026
An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians including two women in Gaza on Saturday, health officials said, as mediators restarted talks in
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office
June 06, 2026
Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
June 06, 2026
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June 06, 2026
Armenian authorities arrested six candidates for a pro-Russian opposition party on Saturday, a day before they were due to stand in general elections,
June 06, 2026
The upcoming World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches across the United, Mexico, and Canada
June 06, 2026
Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities
June 06, 2026
Vulnerable Republicans increasingly willing to defy Trump’s agenda as midterms approach
June 06, 2026
Protesters outside a ballot-counting site in South Korea on Saturday rallied for a second day, demanding a re-run of local elections held earlier this week.
June 06, 2026
Residents of St. Petersburg have been told to stay indoors after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city
June 06, 2026
Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died
June 06, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people, including three Lebanese military members, according to the Lebanese army and state media
June 06, 2026
Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties
June 06, 2026
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June 06, 2026
Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the U.S.
June 06, 2026
Taiwan said on Saturday that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation to "provoke" Taiwan, in waters around strategically
June 06, 2026
Iran's World Cup soccer players have received visas to enter the United States, a U.S. official said days before their first match, but Iranian media said on Saturday
June 05, 2026
Putin rebuffs Zelensky’s call for face-to-face talks, saying there is ‘no point’
June 05, 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice
June 06, 2026
Joe Biden isn't on the ballot this fall, but three of his administration members are running for governor
June 06, 2026
Trump’s proposed 250-foot ‘triumphal arch’ likely poses no risk to aviation, FAA says
June 06, 2026
The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response
June 06, 2026
Cuba’s government says it is open to offering the management of the island's hotels to Cubans at home and abroad
June 06, 2026
Cuba's former leader Raul Castro appeared at an Interior Ministry celebration in Havana, showed state television on Friday, in the elder statesman's first public appearance
June 06, 2026
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, insists voters will support him despite controversies about his past
June 05, 2026
Democrat Xavier Becerra has advanced to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state
June 06, 2026
Democrat Xavier Becerra will advance to November election in California governor’s race, CNN projects
June 06, 2026
California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has advanced to the November ballot after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat
June 06, 2026
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June 06, 2026
In a visit to farm country, Trump extols ‘beautiful fountains’ back in Washington
June 06, 2026
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles says it has opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California’s elections and sent a prosecutor to the county’s vote-counting center
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to
June 06, 2026
U.S.
June 06, 2026
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said there’s no talk of a merger with the Big Ten and called the notion that the SEC wants to form a super league as “not consistent with the truth.”
June 06, 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state
June 06, 2026
UK’s Starmer hits out at people ‘trying to interfere in our democracy,’ after Vance blames Nowak death on mass migration
June 06, 2026
The White House said on Friday it would accelerate the development and use of AI for national security applications, while
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence
June 06, 2026
Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
June 05, 2026
A range of social movements in Mexico are capitalizing on impending FIFA World Cup celebrations next week to put pressure on authorities and make demands
June 06, 2026
Why Colombia’s pro-Trump candidate was banned from wearing the national team jersey
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump says he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden — and says he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary Americans who can't afford the sky-high ticket prices
June 06, 2026
The United Nations said on Friday it is deeply concerned by violent protests outside its offices in Libya this week and blamed social media for fueling disinformation about the
June 06, 2026
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June 06, 2026
Political parties backing Guinea's coup-leader-turned-President Mamady Doumbouya have won a majority in the bauxite-rich West African country's legislative elections, the
June 06, 2026
The United States said on Friday it would provide an additional $38 million for Ebola response efforts, as the CDC warned that
June 06, 2026
With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department
June 06, 2026
Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on the White House ballroom project
June 06, 2026
DOJ sends prosecutor to observe LA ballot counting amid Trump’s baseless ‘cheating’ claims
June 06, 2026
Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of killing Azerbaijani crew on board two cargo vessels headed for a Russian port, in a drone attack which Baku said had killed at least five
June 05, 2026
New York state lawmakers on Thursday passed a ban on businesses setting individualized prices for consumers based on their personal data, in the strongest move yet by
June 05, 2026
The FDA has launched a safety study of the abortion pill, also called mifepristone, a step that could pave the way for the Trump administration to
June 05, 2026
The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term
June 05, 2026
Trump administration puts in writing to courts that the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead
June 06, 2026
First on CNN: House member’s chief of staff charged with carrying a gun into US Capitol complex
June 06, 2026
A firestorm of recrimination rages in France over the death of an 11-year-old girl named Lyhanna
June 05, 2026
Graham Platner can’t explain why ex-girlfriend knew tattoo’s Nazi link before he says he did
June 06, 2026
Federal judge strikes down Trump admin limits on asylum and immigration applications
June 06, 2026
A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the country
June 05, 2026
A federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S.
June 05, 2026
Exclusive: Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the US
June 05, 2026
Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel
June 05, 2026
June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it's now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month
June 04, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining
June 05, 2026
A lawyer for U.S.
June 05, 2026
Trans youth and their parents fight back against efforts to get their detailed medical records
June 05, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he currently saw no reason to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the
June 05, 2026
Companies that borrowed oil from the U.S.
June 05, 2026
French anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Friday they had opened a preliminary investigation into suspected torture and war crimes over the alleged mistreatment by Israeli
June 05, 2026
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June 05, 2026
The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe
June 05, 2026
Ex-CIA employee accused of stealing from agency is ordered to remain in jail ahead of trial
June 05, 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report the deaths of detainees who have been released from custody, in a change that could obscure the human cost of the Trump administration's mass detention policies
June 05, 2026
Cost of Minneapolis ShotSpotter system at center of City Council debate
June 05, 2026
Norway rejects a U.S. assessment that the Nordic country has failed to prevent forced labour, its foreign minister told Reuters, adding that the allegation was unfounded and should
June 05, 2026
A sea drone self-destructed near an oil terminal in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta on Friday, without causing casualties, as Ukraine said Russia
June 05, 2026
In a Gaza workshop, a group of men patch up pleasure dinghies with reclaimed fibreglass, wood and door frames pulled from the rubble, racing to get the boats
June 05, 2026
Switzerland has agreed a military cooperation plan with neighbouring France for the upcoming gathering of world leaders at the Group of 7 summit in mid-June, the government
June 05, 2026
Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been
June 05, 2026
Here are the main issues between the United States and Iran as they seek a deal to end their war, which is now in its fourth month: HORMUZ AND GULF BLOCKADE Iran's closure
June 05, 2026
Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ally Hezbollah and demanded that Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring
June 05, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will hold talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on
June 05, 2026
The United States is preparing a draft resolution condemning Iran ahead of next week's meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board
June 05, 2026
Ukraine and Russia each exchanged 185 service personnel in the latest prisoner of war swap on Friday, officials in both countries said.
June 05, 2026
Taiwan fires rockets in China's direction from a U.S.-supplied mobile launching system in drill
Defying Trump ended some Republicans' careers. It could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine
Stabbing suspect due in court after night of anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland
Fear of Ukrainian drones empties the guesthouses in Latvia's Land of Blue Lakes
Honda America recalls more than 880,000 vehicles over rear suspension components failure
Somali World Cup referee denied entry to US arrives home to hero's welcome