The Wait for a New House Speaker Finally Ends
After an historic vote to remove Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House and the tumultuous weeks of voting that followed, the Republican-majority House of Representatives finally…
What is Going on With the House of Representatives?
The federal government temporarily avoided a shutdown with mere hours to spare on Sunday, September 30th. This outcome came as a surprise to many following politics as the government seemed…
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Ousted as Speaker: Spectacular Downfall of Republican Leadership at the Hands of the Far-Right
Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been abruptly and shockingly ousted from the position by far-right Republicans. Elected in a tumultuous multi-ballot election across multiple days,…
U.S. Reaches the Debt Ceiling
By Robel Tadesse || Contributing Writer Lawmakers seek bipartisan solution to avoid a default Thirty-one trillion dollars – that was the amount of the debt ceiling set by Congress at…
Trump Refuses to Show Face at Senate Conviction Trial: Claims of Unconstitutionality Threaten the Life of the Case
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Early in the day on January 6th, shouts of “fight like hell!” echoed across the National Mall, as domestic terrorists staged an insurrection at…
Democratic candidate Jess King runs for U.S. Congress in PA’s 11th district
By Max Sano || Contributing Writer As of right now there are no women representing the Keystone State. Jess King is the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District, a.k.a.…
Paul Ryan announces intention to retire from Congress at the end of current term
By Nicholas Stolte || Staff Writer Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) announced April 11th that he has decided not to seek reelection. Despite this announcement, Speaker Ryan intends…
Government comes to a solution on budget deal, avoids extended shutdown
By Boris Zyumbyulev || Staff Writer Congress passed a budget deal early Friday morning that raises the debt ceiling until March 2019 and keeps the government funded for the next…
GOP Congressmen begin second fight to repeal Obamacare in the age of Trump
By Nina Kegelman || Contributing Writer For seven years, the Republican party’s platform has prioritized the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), which currently…
Op-Ed: Republicans display lack of internal cohesion after healthcare defeat
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer It’s pretty clear that, in addition to being corrupt, the Republican majority in Congress, under Trump’s and Paul Ryan’s leadership, is also quite incompetent.…
Op-Ed staff writer attacks destructive action taken by new president Donald Trump
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer Well, I warned you. Trump’s only been in office one week, and it’s been horrible in pretty much every conceivable way, except that he…
As presidential race nears end, importance of congressional election heightens
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer The point of this article is not to discuss Trump. His pitiful, awful, and (fortunately) incompetent campaign have already been defeated, in large part…
Lancaster native, Christina Hartman, runs for House of Representatives
By Katherine Coble || Contributing Writer Lancaster native and Congressional candidate Christina Hartman has an important message for F&M students: your voice matters. The 38-year-old Democrat is currently running for…
Masthead: Politics reign in wake of Scalia’s death
Full Staff Opinion Since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death this Saturday, there has been an unsurprising outpouring of politically-motivated discourse from both sides of the aisle. Between President Obama’s assertion that…