The Daily Brief
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Good morning. India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned Saturday after student protests over exam paper leaks, [marking the biggest concession yet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to one of the country's largest student movements in years](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-25/india-education-minister-pradhan-resigns-after-student-protests). The student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government, forcing out a minister who oversaw a system rigged for failure.
In Florida, ICE agents detained both parents of the Perez family — first Romeo Sr. on his way to work, then Olga a few months later during a traffic stop with her daughter driving — leaving their children to navigate life without them. The administration treats this family separation as routine enforcement; for the Perezes, it is a rupture that will not heal.
Unless a federal judge intervenes, [President Donald Trump has said the administration will break ground on Sept. 1 for what the Department of the Interior is calling a new "world-class" golf course only a mile from the White House South Lawn](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/plans-renovate-dc-golf-course-trump-fight-residents-rcna589068), escalating a fight with D.C. residents. Public land handed over for a playground of the rich while the city's working class watches.
Victorian educators rallied in Melbourne, where one teacher said ["The lack of resources is making staff leave and the wages are not enough. That is the situation for a lot of us. To survive I have a second job."](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/25/raul-j25.html) Meanwhile, [a Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/finland-sand-battery-renewable-energy-storage.html) — infrastructure investment while Australian teachers work double shifts to survive.