Politics today was defined by abrupt turns in power and process, from battlefields to ballot boxes. Donald Trump claimed a short Russia-Ukraine ceasefire for May 9 to 11, paired with a prisoner exchange and framed as a possible opening for something longer, even as the truce’s brevity underscored how fragile any diplomatic progress remains. In India, the balance of power shifted dramatically as Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, ending 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule and handing Narendra Modi’s party a landmark victory in one of the country’s most politically symbolic states. Europe saw an even bigger upheaval, with Péter Magyar taking office in Hungary and ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year tenure. In the U.S., the Pentagon began publishing long-secret UFO files, while Virginia’s top court voided a voter-approved redistricting measure, thrusting election rules back into the center of the midterm fight.