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Dismantling Orban’s legacy: the reforms that lie ahead for Hungary

Dismantling Orban’s legacy: the reforms that lie ahead for Hungary

Published by Sam Flores

Following Viktor Orban’s election defeat on April 12, new Hungarian premier Peter Magyar has promised to seek justice for crimes committed by his predecessor’s network of political allies and the oligarchs who supported them. The corruption is well entrenched: Orban dominated Hungarian politics for years without any serious challenger, and there has never been another figure in the country’s modern history who amassed so much power in such a relatively short period of time. From the media to the judicial system and from universities to local governments, Orban’s empire infiltrated every state institution. Nothing could be done in Hungary without political connections, one of Hungary’s wealthiest businessman told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in April, while asking to remain anonymous. Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party won 141 seats in parliament out of 199 in the April elections, giving it a large majority to strengthen the rule of law and potentially unlock billions in funding from the European Union, which froze the allocation under Orban due to concerns over corruption and democratic backsliding. Yet time is of the essence: Magyar …

ALA Settles Lawsuit in Case Against Trump’s Dismantling of IMLS

ALA Settles Lawsuit in Case Against Trump’s Dismantling of IMLS

Published by José Betancourt

Earlier this week, the Trump administration dropped its appeal in Rhode Island v. Trump, one of the two cases filed against the regime following the gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) last March. Now, just days later, the second case brought to court over the IMLS’s dismantling has an outcome, too. The Plaintiffs, the American Library Association (ALA) and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), have settled their case against Keith Sonderling (Sonderling, at the time of the initial filing, served as the IMLS Acting Director but no longer holds the title, even as he continues to serve unofficially in the role). The settlement in ALA v. Sonderling follows the outcome in Rhode Island v. Trump. The agency cannot be further dismantled under executive orders. In addition, the agency will continue its work in distributing grants, conducting research, and supporting public libraries and museums nationwide. The ALA v. Sonderling settlement also states that the IMLS will not be subject to further Reductions in Force (RIFs). The agency, which …

BBC responds to reports it is dismantling ‘crown jewel’ of British broadcasting

BBC responds to reports it is dismantling ‘crown jewel’ of British broadcasting

Published by Daniella Wilson

The BBC is making cuts to the team that produces the broadcaster’s coverage of major national events, including the Remembrance Day service and state funerals. The BBC Studios Events team is behind some of these moments, but they will reportedly now be reduced to a team of just one and freelancers. A source told The Times: “They are literally the crown jewel of live British broadcasting. They would never do this for Premiership football events, so what is it about national life that they don’t value? “Surely this decision must be paused until it can be reassessed by the incoming director-general.” Their Majesties King Charles III And Queen Camilla. Samir Hussein/WireImage However, a spokesperson for the BBC insisted that viewers would not notice a change in coverage. “As a prudent commercial business with a mandate to maximise returns to the BBC, we regularly look at how we’re set up and where we can work more efficiently,’ the spokesperson told Radio Times in response to the reports. “We’re proposing some changes that will help us stay strong …

Calder Sculpture in D.C. to Be Restored a Decade After Dismantling

Calder Sculpture in D.C. to Be Restored a Decade After Dismantling

Published by Jenni Sidey

A partially dismantled sculpture by Alexander Calder in Washington, D.C. is, at long last, in the process of being restored, according to Roll Call, a publication that focuses on Capitol Hill-based news. The sculpture in question, Mountains and Clouds, fills the 90-foot-high, skylit atrium of the Hill’s Hart Senate Office Building, which was constructed in the 1970s and first occupied in 1982. Calder’s proposal was chosen from a group of five sculptors who were tasked with designing “a work that would harmonize with the atrium’s surrounding white marble architecture and yet stand apart from the cluttering distraction of adjacent doors, windows, and balconies,” according to the Senate website.  Related Articles Calder made the final adjustments to his sheet-metal maquette on November 10, 1976; he died the following day in New York City. Construction on Mountains and Clouds began a decade later, in 1986, and the monumental sculpture, made out of black-painted aircraft aluminum, was dedicated the following year. It is—or, rather, was—51 feet tall overall. In 2016, the 75-foot-wide “clouds” portion of the sculpture, which …

Salah shows he is still one of world’s best in Liverpool’s dismantling of Brighton

Salah shows he is still one of world’s best in Liverpool’s dismantling of Brighton

Published by Sam Flores

“We are having more and more players who are now capable of playing at this intensity level every three days, and that is where we struggled a lot in the beginning of the season. It was sometimes hard for us to play at our best level once a week let alone every three days. But now we’re able to do so, we see more and more the quality we are adding. “That’s why I’ve said so many times already that the future looks very bright for the club and these players.” While they have all but surrendered the Premier League title, the FA Cup, along with the Champions League, is a competition Liverpool can still win this season. Brighton’s Cup run is over, however, and the pressure is increasing on manager Fabian Hürzeler. They are without a win in six games and have won just one of their last 13 Premier League fixtures. Hürzeler’s side are struggling to score goals – they have gone three games without finding the net and have just three in …

Trump revokes key climate finding, dismantling legal basis for emissions rules

Trump revokes key climate finding, dismantling legal basis for emissions rules

Published by Sam Flores

US President Donald Trump and US Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on February 12, 2026. SAUL LOEB / AFP President Donald Trump on Thursday, February 12, revoked a landmark scientific finding that underpins US regulations aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution, marking the administration’s most far-reaching rollback of climate policy to date. “This determination had no basis in fact, had none whatsoever, and no basis in law,” Trump said during a White House event where he was joined by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. As expected, the administration also formally scrapped greenhouse emissions standards on cars. The repeal is expected to be swiftly challenged in court. The 2009 “endangerment finding” was a determination under then president Barack Obama that six greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare by fueling climate change. Read more Subscribers only US greenhouse gas emissions rise before Trump policies even kick in It arose from a prolonged legal battle culminating in a 2007 Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts …

Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work Of ‘Identifying, Disrupting And Dismantling The Insurgent Networks’ In Minnesota

Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work Of ‘Identifying, Disrupting And Dismantling The Insurgent Networks’ In Minnesota

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Stephen Miller, a top White House official, said Tuesday evening that federal law enforcement now has the resources to protect its officers and begin the work of “identifying, disrupting and dismantling the insurgent networks” hampering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota. Miller’s message came after President Trump released a statement on Truth Social earlier Tuesday, saying: “FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a large-scale deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul in early January 2026, deploying approximately 2,000 federal agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) under an operation dubbed “Operation Metro Surge.” President Trump ordered an additional 1,000 CBP agents to deploy to the Twin cities, potentially bringing the total to approximately 3,000 federal personnel there to conduct immigration enforcement operations amidst the violent left-wing insurgency. Miller delivered an encouraging message to these federal officers during an appearance on Fox News’ Will …