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POLITICS2d agoDems demand tougher standards for companies running Medicaid systemsContractors, including Deloitte, receive billions in taxpayer dollars to build complex computer systems determining Medicaid eligibility.CBS News
POLITICS2d agoPritzker’s big spending for Black and Hispanic candidates is drawing noticeThe Illinois governor is boosting candidates in early states and cultivating relationships with Black and Hispanic officials ahead of a possible 2028 run.Politico
POLITICS2d agoCan the new federal voucher program help public schools? Democrats are tornThe new scholarship tax credit program could help public school families pay for some educational services, but advocates worry it could do more harm than good.NPR News
POLITICS2d agoAfter eight MLAs went to BJP, Meghalaya regional party set to lose three moreThree of the remaining four United Democratic Party (UDP) MLAs submitted an application to Speaker Thomas A. Sangma, seeking to merge with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP)The Hindu
POLITICS2d agoAlberta rejects plan for referendum on independence from CanadaCanada's province of Alberta rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results showed Tuesday, a setback for separatists backed by allies of US President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the result and said Albertans had made a "clear choice" in favour of unity.RFI [en]
POLITICSBREAKING2d agoAustralian MP loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attackIrish Times World
POLITICS2d agoMorning news briefTrump presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine while courting Russia, campaigning reaches fever pitch with Election Day two weeks away, DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimes.NPR News
POLITICS2d agoPolitical Elite Don’t Believe In Free, Fair Elections, They Just Want To Buy Votes – OkoyeOkoye lamented that political parties lacked clear ideologies and were not campaigning on issues, accusing them of seeking ways to ensure that votes did not count on election day. The post Political Elite Don’t Believe In Free, Fair Elections, They Just Want To Buy Votes – Okoye appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
POLITICS2d agoFrance curfews calm unrest as Macron faces criticism over Gulf tripFrance will deploy Sentinelle troops for Saturday's protests, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said.CNBC
POLITICS2d agoAyuso considers moving her office "temporarily" for "security" reasons to other Community facilities"En estos momentos la Real Casa de Correos no reúne las condiciones necesarias", explican fuentes regionales tras el escrache sufrido ayer y después de solicitar el desalojo de la acampada de Sol LeerEl Mundo
POLITICS2d agoFrench protests: Is it game over for Macron’s centrists before elections?The protests have further polarised the French and turned the youth into a key, angry, voting bloc.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS2d agoAmnesty on Turkish media crackdown: 'Disinformation flourishes when media landscape's narrowed down'The state takeover of Halk TV, one of Turkey’s most widely watched news channels, represents far more than an isolated confrontation between the authorities and an independent broadcaster. For Milena Buyum, Amnesty International’s Turkey campaigner, it is part of a broader erosion of media pluralism, characterized by the appointment of state trustees, the detention of journalists and mounting restrictions on independent digital platforms. Buyum describes the intervention as a "brutal attack on media freedom in Turkey,” framing it within a sustained crackdown on independent journalism that has France 24 [en]
POLITICS2d agoFrance to consider new curfews as restrictions help maintain peaceItaly also expected to approve new security measures to combat violent riotersFinancial Times
POLITICS2d agoAyuso will move her office 'for security' due to the Sol encampment, but still doesn't know whereEl Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid baraja un nuevo espacio en las instalaciones del Canal, en Chamberí.El País
POLITICS2d agoSalvini announces aid for truckers protesting over fuel prices430 million euros available this week, more funding will come later says ministerANSA [en]
POLITICS2d agoFeijóo confirms negotiations with Vox for Senate lists: 'If they are up to the task, the PP will be too'El líder de los populares pone como objetivo lograr los tres quintos de la Cámara alta, lo que le permitiría hacer nombramientos sin necesitar al PSOEEl País
POLITICS2d agoUkraine is a partner “in a certain sense” but should stop striking Russian oil refineries, Vance saysU.S. Vice President JD Vance said Ukraine was a partner of the United States “in a certain sense,” but argued that Kyiv should stop striking Russian oil refineries.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS2d agoTaraba council chairman sued over alleged threats to workersThe suit, filed by Hajara Sule at the Federal High Court in Jalingo on 19 October, followed the circulation of a video in which Mr Ubandoma allegedly warned government workers against engaging in political activities he considered contrary to the interests of the Governor Agbu Kefas administration. The post Taraba council chairman sued over alleged threats to workers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
POLITICS2d agoAmit Shah arrives in Punjab; to meet Parvinder Singh Jhota’s kinHome Minister accuses the AAP government of doing nothing concrete to eradicate the problemThe Hindu
POLITICS2d agoTrump envoy Witkoff to meet Zelenskyy in Oslo before planned Putin talks in MoscowEuroNews [en]
POLITICS2d agoSupreme Court to hear on October 21 Vijayan’s plea in CMRL case, YSRCP petition on local body pollsA special Bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana will hear Pinarayi Vijayan’s plea in the CMRL case and YSRCP’s challenge to the Andhra Pradesh HC’s refusal to extend civic poll nomination deadlinesThe Hindu
POLITICS2d agoMississippi Says It Won’t Bring Criminal Charges in Police Shooting of ToddlerAttorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn.NYT US
POLITICS2d agoWho is Brendan Nugent? Suspect in attack on Australian MP Helen Haines as parents say they are ‘family friends’Police said a 43-year-old suspect had been arrested following the incident in Wangaratta, northeast of MelbourneThe Independent World
POLITICS2d agoSouth Korea recalls some diplomats from Embassy in UkraineThe South Korean government has decided to recall some diplomatic staff from its embassy in Ukraine.Ukrinform [en]