Gabriel Attal, 34, replaces Élisabeth Borne in a cabinet shuffle that President Emmanuel Macron hopes can reinvigorate a term marked by drift and division.
Emboldened by the resignations of two prominent university presidents, House Republicans are planning an aggressive inquiry into academia, long one of their favorite targets of attack.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that voters will go to the polls in the fall, around the time that the United States will be in the midst of its own pivotal vote.