President Donald Trump was handed a setback in his quest to alter mail-in voting policy in federal elections on Saturday by a federal appeals court. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston declined to lift an injunction blocking key provisions of a March executive order that sought to alter rules around mail-in ballots […]

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after weeks of student-led protests over allegations of failing to prevent leaks of medical school entrance exams. The Cockroach Janta Party, a youth movement that challenges Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of youth unemployment and educational opportunities, called for an end to the weekslong effort to oust […]

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) prolonged absence from Washington, D.C., has Republicans concerned about legislation they’re struggling to push through Congress given the confines of their narrow majority.  The party holds only a 53-to-47 majority in the Senate, making every vote critical. McConnell’s absence, since a fall and subsequent hospitalization on June 14, has stalled high-stakes […]

Pop superstar Katy Perry called out the Trump administration on Saturday for using her song on the White House TikTok account.  “I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, […]