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Putin Says Russia Ready for Talks

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the White House. On today's show, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, American Principles Project Political Director Katie Frost, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation CEO Sheikh Nawaf…

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Thousands of California public employees begin strike over contractSEIU Local 1000, representing nurses and teachers, pushing for higher wages, telework and affordable healthcare Thousands of California state workers began a sweeping one-day strike on Wednesday, with workers set to rally outside government buildings in several cities, as tensions boiled over lapsed contract negotiations with Governor Gavin Newsom’s…

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Minnesota rapper defends 'solidarity' with France radical activists, push for protests to come to USRapper Tufawon visited a Saint-Denis high school with Greta Thunberg before urging white Americans to "raise hell" amid France's violent protests.

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NYC Public Schools to Consider Merging Sites as Enrollment DropsLeaders of New York City Public Schools are working on plans to address declining student enrollment, which could include merging schools, Chancellor Kamar Samuels said in an interview.

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Russia frees U.S. citizen as Kremlin maneuvers to show goodwill to Trump - Wed, 21 Oct 2026 PSTRussia on Wednesday freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired U.S. teacher imprisoned there since 2022, in what Moscow portrayed as a gesture of goodwill to President Donald Trump, who had requested his release.

Spokane Spokesman-Review7h agoWhole story →

American Teacher Wrongfully Detained Under Biden Comes HomeRetired American schoolteacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, spent four years in a Russian jail. On Wednesday, he walked free after President Donald Trump persuaded Russian leader Vladimir Putin to free him. Hubbard was the last American officially determined to be wrongfully detained by Russia. He was released from custody early Wednesday and was waiting at St....

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How Title IX Became a Political ToolAfter a Cornell student’s lawsuit alleging the school failed her when she reported sexual assault, there’s a new focus on Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in federally funded education. Our Washington correspondent Michael C. Bender traces how interpretations of the law shifted between the Obama and Trump administrations.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #228Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over Iowa’s education savings account program In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues…

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El-Sayed Says Bitcoin Data Center Next to Nature-Based School in Michigan Exemplifies Need for RegulationAt a Michigan elementary school built around outdoor learning, noise from a Bitcoin mine across the street has forced students’ lessons indoors. Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic candidate for the US Senate , says it’s a prime example of why data centers proliferating across the nation need regulation. On Wednesday, El-Sayed—a former Detroit public…

Common Dreams4h agoWhole story →

US citizen Stephen Hubbard freed by Russia as Trump envoy meets PutinThe 74-year-old former teacher, who was captured in 2022, has been released without any "swap" required, Trump says.

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NYC high school faces backlash over ‘intifada’ post

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