Andrew Gillen As college students return to classes, there is an eerie feeling of the calm before the storm. The campus environment feels similar to any other recent year, but there is an unmistakable sense that we are on the verge of a slew of changes, some of which might even be considered historically significant pivots years from now. We’re ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify on Capitol Hill on Thursday, a week after turmoil engulfed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the HHS, will hear from Kennedy on President Donald Trump’s healthcare agenda, dubbed by the secretary as the Make ...
Jennifer Huddleston On September 2, 2025, Judge Amit Mehta ruled on the remedies related to his previous finding that Google’s search distribution agreements with web browsers and smartphones had violated antitrust laws. While the decision focused only on this one element, the Department of Justice’s initial request for remedies had been extremely broad and could have resulted in a breakup ...
Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who built one of the world’s most recognisable fashion empires, has died at the age of 91. The Armani Group confirmed his death in a statement on Sunday, saying: “With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the passing of its creator, founder, and tireless driving force: Giorgio Armani.” Armani died at home, the company said. ...
McDonald’s UK has lost one of its most aptly named executives, with Zoe Hamburger stepping down after just 18 months as senior vice president and chief restaurant officer. Hamburger, who joined the UK leadership team in 2024, was responsible for overseeing franchising and delivery operations across Britain. She has now been promoted to managing director of McDonald’s Netherlands. Her name ...
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has secured a new four-year funding commitment from Research England to boost collaboration between academia and industry. The funding, which builds on the support of NCUB’s university and business members, will underpin an ambitious Forward Plan aimed at making the UK more competitive, more collaborative, and better prepared for future economic and ...
Gold prices could surge to almost $5,000 an ounce if Donald Trump’s continued attacks on the US Federal Reserve weaken the central bank’s independence, according to a forecast from Goldman Sachs. The precious metal is already trading near record highs, with spot prices at $3,545.39 an ounce, up more than 35 per cent this year as investors and banks pile ...
Ashley Biden, daughter of former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden, wrote on social media that it was ‘one of the hardest summers of my life.’ The post comes after a summer during which the former first daughter faced two main challenges: her divorce and her father’s cancer diagnosis. ‘August 2025. The summer of 2025 was one ...
Senate Republicans are grappling with President Donald Trump’s move to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding and what the ramifications could be on the looming deadline to fund the government. Senate Democrats previously warned after the GOP’s first go-round with clawbacks that any further attempt to gut congressionally-approved funding would be a red line, and that it could lead ...
A group of anonymous federal judges is criticizing the Supreme Court for overturning lower court rulings and siding with President Donald Trump’s administration with little to no explanation, NBC News reported Thursday. NBC spoke with 12 federal judges, appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents including Trump, who pointed to a trend of lower court decisions being overturned by emergency rulings ...