White House asks 9 universities to sign agreement to ensure access to grants and other federal benefits

White House asks 9 universities to sign agreement to ensure access to grants and other federal benefits

The White House is asking nine U.S. universities to sign an agreement pledging to uphold the Trump administration’s higher education priorities, or risk losing out on preferred access to federal funding. The demands are outlined in a nine-page document, title the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” that asks schools to freeze their tuition…

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‘Britain must defeat rising antisemitism’: UK PM Starmer on Manchester terror attack

‘Britain must defeat rising antisemitism’: UK PM Starmer on Manchester terror attack

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to do everything in his power to defeat antisemitism and protect Britain’s Jews after the killing of two people at a synagogue in northern England. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks following the incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, at 10 Downing Street, London, Britain….

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AI, Fed bets sweep aside shutdown jitters

AI, Fed bets sweep aside shutdown jitters

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Stock markets around the world leaped to new highs on Thursday, propelled by optimism around the AI boom and hopes for further U.S. interest rate cuts, as investors shrugged off the U.S. government shutdown…

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Employers added 22,000 jobs in August, falling short of forecasts

Layoffs across the U.S. this year are at their highest level since 2020, new data shows

Employers across the U.S. cut nearly 950,000 jobs this year through September, the largest number of layoffs since 2020, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Job cuts could surpass more than 1 million in 2025, the group forecast. The layoffs this year, although elevated, remain well below the massive workforce reductions in 2020, when…

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