‘What the GOP should watch in the two elections this year in Virginia and New Jersey is the margins. If they can keep both elections within a couple of points of the 2024 presidential results, that would show electoral strength for President Trump and his presumptive successor, Vice President JD Vance.’
Hungary’s Home Start Programme aims to help both young people and those who have not owned any real estate property achieve home ownership. Minister Hankó Balázs said daily applications show the policy’s success, while also highlighting tax breaks for under-25s and contrasting Hungary’s family-focused strategy with the EU’s migration policies.
Former US President Barack Obama invited two critics of the Orbán administration in Hungary, Sándor Léderer and Stefánia Kapronczay, to talk about ‘fighting authoritarianism’ in a video he posted on his social media. Reactions to the video have been mostly negative on X, with users accusing President Obama of trying to pressure Hungary and Poland to open their borders.
With Dániel Lukács of Puskás Akadémia and Zsombor Gruber of Ferencváros scoring their first ever national team goals, Hungary beat Armenia 2–0 in a crucial game in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign at home in Budapest. The red-white-and-greens have four points after three games in their group.
The US Supreme Court is set to hear a second round of oral arguments in the case Louisiana v Callais, which might decide that drawing congressional districts based on race is unconstitutional. If so, solid Republican states in the South would have the ability to create a handful of new districts favourable to the GOP ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Miklós Szánthó accused Péter Magyar and his allies of ‘fleecing Hungarian families’ even without being in power by supporting EU migration policies. At a campaign event in front of the EU Commission’s office in Budapest, he linked the EU fines imposed on Hungary for border protection to Magyar’s party and warned against following Western Europe’s migration path.
Talking to Bloomberg Screentime, late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel has stated that he’d ‘love to have’ President Trump on his show. This is a surprising remark, given that he has spent the last nine years ridiculing the President, and was recently suspended for his statements about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assasination.
In a podcast appearance on 6 October, House Speaker László Kövér accused Hungary’s opposition of trying to incite mass hysteria and destabilize elections, drawing parallels to past political unrest and sharply criticizing them for perpetuating the Szőlő Street affair.
At Ludovika University, experts including former Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi and former US Assistant Secretary Philip T Reeker discussed the present and future of US–Hungary relations. Topics included strong historical ties, NATO cooperation, economic partnerships, and shared values. Panels also addressed investment, the war in Ukraine, and cultural exchange programmes.
The 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights between Hungary and the United States was marked with a commemorative event at the Ludovika University of Public Service. Speakers included Rector Gergely Deli, US Chargé d’Affaires Robert Palladino, and State Secretary for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Boglárka Illés.
Leader of the far-right Hungarian opposition party Our Homeland, László Toroczkai has announced in parliament that he will challenge the result of the 2026 parliamentary election regardless of outcome. Since Facebook deleted his page in 2019 and hasn’t reinstated it despite a Hungarian ruling, he feels his party is being unfairly disadvantaged.
The right-wing ANO party, led by Former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, won by far the most seats (80) and the largest share of the popular vote (34.5 per cent) in the Czech parliamentary election held this weekend. However, they still need to find coalition partners to form a government. During his first term in office, PM Babiš had a close relationship with PM Viktor Orbán of Hungary.
40 years after its historic circumnavigation, the legendary St Jupát sailboat has been fully restored and relaunched on Lake Balaton. Visitors can explore the vessel and join a 700-day series of events celebrating the daring voyage of Nándor Fa and József Gál.
Hungarian champions Ferencváros beat the Belgian side KRC Genk 1–0 away from home in the UEFA Europa League league phase, and are now sitting on four points in two games. Barnabás Varga scored the winner, which was his 12th goal of the season already. However, he also missed a penalty in the second half.
An event honouring the life and legacy of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was held at the Danube Institute in Budapest. Institute President John O’Sullivan, who worked closely with Thatcher as a policy advisor and speechwriter, was joined by a number of distinguished guests who shared personal memories and reflections on the enduring impact of the Iron Lady.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland called the Russo–Ukrainian war ‘our war’ at the Warsaw Security Forum, prompting a sharp rebuke from his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, who warned that neither Hungary nor the EU is at war with Russia and accused Tusk of endangering European lives.
The American streaming giant Netflix is currently under fire on X for the creator of one of their animated programmes making denigrating comments about Charlie Kirk’s death. As it turned out, the same cartoon also promoted transgenderism to children. Elon Musk has also chimed in, announcing that he is cancelling his Netflix subscription because of the controversy.
From a cheating scandal in the Naval Academy in 1994, through an insider trading scandal, to a nepotism scandal in 2025—Congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill is really making the Democrats sweat in the once deep blue New Jersey. Can Republican Jack Ciattarelli take advantage of the scandals and win the race in the Garden State?
‘In recent years, international football has undergone a number of drastic changes. I welcome several of these developments…However, fans should keep in mind that not all change is good change…At some point, fans need to stand up to protect the tradition of the great game.’
Left-wing journalists in Hungary have been trying to smear Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén as someone implicated in the prostitution scandal at the Szőlő Street Juvenile Corrections Centre in Budapest, Hungary, without any basis in reality. Miklós Szánthó, the head of the Center for Fundamental Rights, has responded to the smear campaign in a fiery Facebook video.
The World Cat Federation (WCF) is a prestigious pet organization founded in 1988 that gives out its Best Cat award annually based on a point system. Over the weekend, for the first time in ten years, they held a show in Budapest, Hungary, to the delight of Hungarian cat enthusiasts.
The world’s premier search engine, Google is celebrating its 27th birthday today, 27 September. It would be reasonable to assume then that the website went live 27 years ago on this day—however, that is not the case. What is the truth behind the date of Google’s anniversary?
Despite Viktoria Plzeň taking an early lead and having a player sent off in the first half, Ferencváros managed to win a point in their first UEFA Europa League league phase game of the season. Aleksandar Pešić scored the equalizer in the very last minute of the match.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary has defended an 82-year-old Franciscan Friar who was accosted by opposition protesters at his church. In the video shared by the Prime Minister, the demonstrators can be heard yelling at Father Pál, who is objecting to their presence right by his church.
A man has opened fire from a rooftop at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas, killing one and injuring two. The perpetrator committed suicide at the scene with his gun. Information about the victim has not yet been released by local law enforcement.
With a federal government shutdown likely coming in the US, it is worth asking: why not include appropriations bills for annual federal budgets in the list of exceptions that do not need to clear the 60-vote threshold in the Senate to overcome the filibuster?
A new survey by the MCC Youth Research Institute has revealed that while Hungarian teens still believe in their childhood dreams, optimism fades with age. By the age of 35–39, only one in three feels their lives match their early aspirations, mirroring trends seen in the United States.
Ferenc Sajdik, iconic Hungarian cartoonist behind Pom Pom meséi and A nagy ho-ho-horgász, has died at 95. Born in Germany to Hungarian parents, he discovered his passion for caricature while training as a printing press operator. Over his career, he illustrated 300 books and received Hungary’s Kossuth Prize.
At an event at MCC Budapest, French author Xavier-Laurent Salvador spoke about the French academic publisher suspending the publication of his book Face à l’obscurantisme woke (In the Face of Woke Obscurantism). Rodrigo Ballester and Leonardo Orlando joined the discussion about the problems with progressivism in European academia.
‘As someone with libertarian leanings and a true appreciation of free speech, am I wary of government overreach in the regulation of network television? Yes, of course I am. But do I believe that penalizing companies that use public airwaves to broadcast high-production shows which exclusively mock the opposition to the party they donate to constitutes such overreach? Absolutely not.’