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After an electoral victory of 312 votes and a popular vote victory of 49% to 48%, Donald Trump has found himself in the White House for a second term. On…
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After an electoral victory of 312 votes and a popular vote victory of 49% to 48%, Donald Trump has found himself in the White House for a second term. On…
On September 10, 2024, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for their first, and possibly only, presidential debate. Over 67 million people watched…
Former President Donald Trump was subject to a second assassination attempt in 2024 on Sunday, September 16. The shooter, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, hid in the bushes near…
On March 4th, 2024, the Supreme Court decided unanimously in favor of Donald Trump in a case appealed from the State Supreme Court of Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court had…
New York judge Arthur Engoron has recently ordered former President Donald Trump to pay over $350 million for civil fraud, which is to benefit from intentionally withholding or misrepresenting information.…
On December 19, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that they will be removing former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot. As Trump has been under scrutiny for inciting…
With a major uptick in strikes this year — from the Rutgers University strike and impending Southwest airline worker strike to the much more notorious WGA writers’ strike and the…
The Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election are off to the races in the much-anticipated showdown against incumbent President Joe Biden. The stunning defeat of former President Donald Trump…
By Nicholas Carpenter || Contributing Writer The Indictment: On Thursday, March 30, 2023, a grand jury in New York indicted former United States president Donald J. Trump. New York District…
By Sarah Nicell || Contributing Writer Because the United States is a representative democracy, the people we elect to serve as officials embody American ideals. Who we choose to run…
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer In any election cycle, there’s only one poll that truly matters: the one that takes place at the voting booths on election day. But…
By Erin Maxwell || Staff Writer This past Thursday, Donald Trump’s longtime political confidant Roger Stone was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for obstruction of Congress, witness…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The Washington Nationals became the latest professional sports team to grapple with an issue unique to the Trump era: how, or if, to visit…
By Isabel Paris || Contributing Writer This past Saturday, a Pittsburgh synagogue was attacked by an armed man who killed 11 people. Since then, the United States has been revolted,…
By Isabel Paris || Layout Assistant As of October 9, Nikki Haley resigned from her position as US ambassador to the United Nations. She had assumed the office in January…