Hegseth launches culture war against elite universities

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expanding his culture war into the education sector, potentially threatening to pull service members’ tuition aid at dozens of top colleges and universities he deems biased against the armed forces. The move is setting off alarm bells in the military and academic communities, who are worried about a major pipeline…

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Sources: WNBPA counterproposal includes some concessions on revenue share, housing

Alexa FilippoFeb 17, 2026, 07:42 pm ET to close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer multiple authors The Women’s National Basketball Players Association submitted…

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Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, UK inflation data

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 10, 2026. NYSE LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Wednesday as investors weighed the latest U.K. inflation data and monitored global market developments. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was roughly 0.5% higher shortly after the open, and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 and France’s CAC 40…

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