Social Security reform plans could sway voters in battleground Senate races, survey finds
US Top News and Analysisby Lorie Konish·18 Sept 2026
Senators elected this November are slated to be in office in the fourth quarter of 2032 — the projected depletion date for the trust fund Social Security relies on to help pay retirement benefits.
Top news of the day: September 18, 2026
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·18 Sept 2026
Congress’s Nandigram candidate arrested hours after getting Mamata’s support The Election Commission of India assigned new symbols and names to the two factions of the All India Trinamool Congress.
Readers debate whether Andy Burnham should scrap 2050 net zero target
Daily Express :by Katie Harris·18 Sept 2026
Andy Burnham has insisted that he is "determined" to reach net zero by 2050. The Prime Minister made the pledge as he announced funding for community-led green energy projects.
TMC crisis result of ‘arrogance’, ‘Lord Ram’s curse’: CM Suvendu Adhikari
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·18 Sept 2026
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday attributed the crisis in the Trinamool Congress to the party’s “arrogance” and “Lord Ram’s curse”, while asserting that the BJP had no role in...
Hundreds rally at Turkey’s embassy in Uganda to demand a dissident’s extradition
The Independentby Rodney Muhumuza·18 Sept 2026
Hundreds of Ugandans demonstrated outside the Turkish Embassy on Friday to demand the extradition of a dissident whose online activities are seen by local authorities as anti-government propaganda.
Andy Burnham faces fresh demand to reverse 'damaging' tax raid
Daily Express :by Katie Harris·18 Sept 2026
Andy Burnham is under fresh pressure to scrap Labour's "damaging" National Insurance raid on employers ahead of the Budget.
Ex-Dem insider reveals why Biden's daughter threatened to sue her: 'Bordered on parody'
FOX Newsby Leo Briceno·18 Sept 2026
Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, threatened to sue a former Democratic fundraiser for spilling secret internal discussions about her father’s...
Mamata Banerjee slams ECI after party name and symbol frozen, calls it black day for democracy
India Newsby Monica Singh·18 Sept 2026
INDIA The Election Commission has frozen the All India Trinamool Congress name and the Flowers & Grass symbol due to a leadership dispute between Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy.
Mamata backs Congress in Nandigram, vows to fight ECI ‘injustice’
National Heraldby Kunal Chatterjee·18 Sept 2026
Mamata backs Congress in Nandigram, vows to fight ECI ‘injustice’ Move comes hours after ECI freezes TMC name and symbol; Mamata says decision is to strengthen INDIA bloc and fight BJP - Mamata...
Germany: How to overthrow a chancellor?
DW Englishby Jens Thurau·18 Sept 2026
It is the hot topic this week in Berlin: Does German Chancellor Friedrich Merz still have the backing of his own party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), and the coalition partners, Bavaria's...
‘NHAI to prepare land plan schedule for elevated rotary within a week’
The Hinduby S Ganesan·18 Sept 2026
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would prepare, within a week, the land plan schedule for building the proposed elevated rotary at the G-Corner Junction at Ponmalai in Tiruchi as it...
Harris says he's against increasing Help to Buy tax refund in budget
TheJournal.ieby Mairead Maguire·18 Sept 2026
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The view from Russia: ‘No party can be antiwar’ in parliamentary election
Al Jazeeraby Niko Vorobyov·18 Sept 2026
This weekend, Russians are heading to the ballot box to vote in the first parliamentary election since the war with Ukraine began in early 2022.
The rise of the AfD: The all-or-nothing party
DW Englishby Hans Pfeifer·18 Sept 2026
With just under 44% of the vote, the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as by far the strongest party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on September 6.
Durai Vaiko hits back at KN Nehru, refutes claims over joining DMK
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·18 Sept 2026
TIRUCHY: Tiruchy MP Durai Vaiko on Friday refuted allegations that he was uncertain about his party’s political future and had sought to join the DMK.
Telangana HC disqualifies MLA Danam Nagender for defecting from BRS to Congress
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·18 Sept 2026
The Telangana High Court on Friday, September 18, disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender under the anti-defection law, setting aside a previous order by Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.
Power Play | Idle worship
Frontlineby Anand Mishra AI Summary·18 Sept 2026
Dear Reader, This week, two stories nudged me to think about the unusual Indian habit of turning politicians into gods, and gods into politicians.
Telangana cops barge into BRS leader Krishank’s house, detain him over social media post
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·18 Sept 2026
Telangana police forcefully entered the house of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) social media convener Krishank Manne on the morning of September 18 to take him into custody over a social media post.
Prominent dissidents left out of AIADMK’s bypoll campaign programmes
The Hinduby T Ramakrishnan·18 Sept 2026
The AIADMK has left out prominent dissident-Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA), S.P. Velumani, C.Ve. Shanmugam and Natham R.
Poorest countries hit hardest by UK aid cuts under Keir Starmer government, new figures reveal
The Guardianby Kaamil Ahmed·18 Sept 2026
The world’s poorest countries were worst hit by British aid cuts under Keir Starmer’s government, while higher-income countries saw their share of aid increase, new figures reveal.
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