Saturday, July 25, 2026

India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned Saturday after student protests over exam paper leaks, marking the biggest concession yet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to one of the country's largest student movements in years. The student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government, forcing out a minister who oversaw a system rigged for failure.

In Florida, ICE agents detained both parents of the Perez family — first Romeo Sr. on his way to work, then Olga a few months later during a traffic stop with her daughter driving — leaving their children to navigate life without them. The administration treats this family separation as routine enforcement; for the Perezes, it is a rupture that will not heal.

Unless a federal judge intervenes, President Donald Trump has said the administration will break ground on Sept. 1 for what the Department of the Interior is calling a new "world-class" golf course only a mile from the White House South Lawn, escalating a fight with D.C. residents. Public land handed over for a playground of the rich while the city's working class watches.

Victorian educators rallied in Melbourne, where one teacher said "The lack of resources is making staff leave and the wages are not enough. That is the situation for a lot of us. To survive I have a second job." Meanwhile, a Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency — infrastructure investment while Australian teachers work double shifts to survive.