Daily Recap: Politics — 13 October 2026

Politics today turns on power under scrutiny, with courts, presidents and party leaders testing the limits of authority at home and abroad. From Washington to New Delhi, key developments center on accountability, legal exposure and efforts to shore up political control ahead of b...

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to decide whether the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency must disclose internal records under the Freedom of Information Act. The case could determine how transparent DOGE must be and whether a watchdog group can obtain documents about its internal deliberations and operations.

President Donald Trump asks U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after ethics and corruption allegations surface in media reports. The White House says the administration requested her resignation on Tuesday, while Guilfoyle denies wrongdoing and says her tenure as ambassador may be ending.

The U.S. Supreme Court takes up an asylum case testing how broadly the government can define terrorist “material support.” At issue is whether a Nigerian man becomes ineligible for asylum because he cooked for leaders of the Unknown Gunmen while immigration officials say he was being held at a camp in Nigeria.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung calls for pragmatic diplomacy as strains persist in managing the U.S. alliance. He tells ministers and aides that Seoul must put national interests first, state its views clearly and keep disagreements with partners within controllable limits rather than adopting a deferential posture.

India’s Supreme Court stays a defamation trial against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over remarks concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The bench halts proceedings in the lower court and schedules the matter for further hearing in four weeks, giving Gandhi temporary relief in a politically sensitive case.

L. Murugan resigns as India’s Union minister of state and as a Rajya Sabha member, saying he wants to return to Tamil Nadu to work full-time for the BJP. He presents the move as a shift from central office back to state-level political organizing and grassroots party building.

Nigeria’s Nyesom Wike defends a cross-party “Rainbow Coalition” backing President Bola Tinubu for re-election in 2027. Wike says the alliance is being managed through persuasion and coordination, and he dismisses suggestions that the arrangement could destabilize or split the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Nandan Nilekani proposes generating exam papers at the last minute with AI from a large question bank to make leaks less profitable and less useful. He argues that fixed printed papers create a market for theft, and presents the idea as part of broader reforms to secure high-stakes tests.