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PoliticsOct 6Wider Europe Briefing: The New EU Enlargement StrategyIn this week's Wider Europe, Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: the EU's new enlargement strategy and the EU's game plan to keep Russia (and Belarus) out of sports.RFE/RL
PoliticsOct 6Iran turns citizens into informants as chilling crackdown spreads beyond its bordersFox News World
PoliticsOct 6Why deep-red Kansas has become an unexpected Senate battlegroundA combination of local, national and international events has contributed to making the Kansas Senate race one to watch.CNBC
PoliticsOct 6Trump’s feud with Cotton snaps heads in the SenatePresident Trump’s doxing of Sen. Tom Cotton over a stalled bill to establish year-round daylight saving time is throwing an unexpected twist in the Arkansas Republican’s reelection race and sets up a fierce fight in the Senate this fall over the biannual changing of clocks. Trump’s decision to publish Cotton’s cellphone number on his Truth…The Hill
PoliticsOct 6Hegseth’s get-out-the-vote effort draws praise and skepticismDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ramping up his get-out-the-vote campaign, urging U.S. troops to register to vote in the 2026 midterm elections but not telling them which way to vote. He also issued a stand-down order, allowing service members to get one day off this month to cast a ballot. Critics view Hegseth’s increased emphasis…The Hill
PoliticsOct 6Trump is turning out Democrats, but can he still do it for the GOP?We’re now over the hump and into the downhill slide to the end of the 2026 midterm elections. I say “end” because early voting has already begun in six states, and by the end of next week, the number will be up to 19 and counting.  A mighty river of ballots, eventually more than 100…The Hill
PoliticsOct 6Alito’s first book pushes conservative justice into spotlightTwo decades after joining the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito joins the ranks of justices as authors. Alito’s first book, “So Ordered,” set for release Tuesday, is an adapted collection of speeches he’s given over the years commenting on abortion, originalism, threats to the judiciary and more. It doesn’t break much new ground for those…The Hill
PoliticsOct 6FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protestersThe former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.NBC News
PoliticsOct 6Bernie Sanders boosts wealth tax while labor argues it would devastate California's economyLabor leaders argue that the billionaires tax includes a loophole that would allow state lawmakers to tax the savings and retirement accounts and home equity of all Californians.LA Times
PoliticsOct 6Free pass for Puigdemont's return: Constitutional Court orders Supreme Court to pardon embezzlement in the 'procés'Con siete votos a favor y cinco en contra, el tribunal ampara a la exconsejera Dolors Bassa y fija la doctrina de la que se beneficia el ‘expresident’ fugadoEl País
PoliticsOct 6As students protest, how dilapidated really are France's school buildings?As France's student protest movement continues, one of the main grievances is the conditions of the country’s schools, with many buildings severely dilapidated and in some cases, facing dangerous risks. The issue became all the more apparent over the summer, when France experienced record-breaking heatwaves. Many classrooms were simply not designed to cope with such extreme temperatures. And regional authorities, which have responsibility for their maintenance, are facing a tough task upgrading school buildings as Oliver Farry reports.France 24 [en]
PoliticsOct 6Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that she would implement 140 billion euros ($157 billion) in cost savings by 2032 if elected next year, warning that without change France was "heading towards default" on its debt.France 24 [en]
PoliticsOct 6Le Pen vows to save €140 billion by 2032 if elected to prevent French 'default'Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she would make drastic savings to bring France's public deficit back in line if she wins next year's presidential election. The government forecasts the national debt will hit 5.4 percent this year despite the EU setting a 3 percent limit for member states.France 24 [en]
PoliticsOct 6Kosovo Protesters Against Hague Court Gather Again After ClashesAfter violent clashes on Monday night, protesters started to reassemble in Pristina to demand legal changes to curb the powers of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers war crimes court following convictions of guerrilla leaders.Balkan Insight
PoliticsOct 6LAWMA Withdraws Licenses Of Six ‘Erring’ PSP OperatorsAccording to the LAWMA boss, the affected service locations included Ward C1, Slot A, Abosan in Igbogbo-Baiyeku, Ibereko (LIMCA) in Olorunda, Sabo Oniba in Ojo, Papa Ashafa II in Orile Agege, Oluwa 1 in Ajeromi-Ifelodun, and Oke-Ira/Powerline in Ojodu. The post LAWMA Withdraws Licenses Of Six ‘Erring’ PSP Operators appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
PoliticsOct 6Court orders NDLEA to produce airport staff roster linked to Abba Kyari’s cocaine caseMr Kyari hopes to use the roster to reinforce his plank of defence that NDLEA officers, who cleared two drug traffickers during airport checks before his IRT members arrested them, were the ones complicit in the cocaine trafficking and not him. The post Court orders NDLEA to produce airport staff roster linked to Abba Kyari’s cocaine case appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
PoliticsOct 6Vox asks the Supreme Court to also suspend the vote for descendants of exilesLos afectados deberían “ejercer individualmente su derecho de rectificación del censo” para votar el 29 de noviembreEl País
PoliticsOct 6Direct DVAC to register FIR against Finance Minister Marie Wilson, insists PIL plea before Madras High CourtPetitioner says that the Minister, in the Legislative Assembly, had conceded to having been a victim of corruption during the previous DMK regimeThe Hindu
PoliticsOct 6Germany faces a triple threat from Russia, China and domestic far-right extremistsDW News [en]
PoliticsBreakingOct 6Former German spy chief arrested for treason and espionagePolitico Europe
PoliticsOct 6India’s ‘million mutinies’ are puncturing Modi’s aura of invincibilityAcross the country, Indians are turning disparate grievances into a broader reckoning with unaccountable power.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 6Police in Akwa Ibom probe alleged extortion of operatives by commandersThe police in Akwa Ibom have ordered an inquiry into allegations that officers returning from a counter-insurgency deployment were charged N25,000 each, insisting no such official transit fee exists. The post Police in Akwa Ibom probe alleged extortion of operatives by commanders appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
PoliticsOct 6German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage ChargesAugust Henning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.NYT World
PoliticsOct 6Ex-German spy chief detained on suspicion of espionage and treason – reportThe Independent World