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On May 12, House Republicans voted to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair. Cheney had been vocalizing her opposition to the “big lie”— that the 2020 election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump and that there was widespread election fraud. Cheney should not be idolized or glorified for speaking out against the...

The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|April 11, 2021 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league’s objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) On March 25, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp passed a law that rewrites Georgia election rules. The legislation, one of many proposals across...

The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|February 28, 2021 Donald Trump’s departure from office might have momentarily signified a relief from his influence on the political landscape, but support for the former president has gone back up in recent weeks among the Republican Party and, in particular, his supporters. Wayne Steger, a professor of political science at DePaul University, said that a struggle for identity within a party is always present, but support for Trump still remains s...

The DePaulia Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|February 14, 2021 Despite his best efforts to tout “progress,” President Joe Biden is still reminiscent of past eras of American politics in which promises of social change are over-promised and under-served.  With a gridlocked Congress, Biden now faces the difficulty of following through on the policy change he has promised throughout his campaign while attempting to unite ever-growing divisions between the two parties. At any other time, Bide...

The DePaulia Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer|January 18, 2021 When the Associated Press called the 2020 presidential election, half of the U.S. erupted in whoops and hollers while the other sunk solemnly into the arms of loved ones. The 2020 election’s significance was paramount, its outcome determining how the Covid-19 pandemic, which rattled the world and left over 2 million dead, would play out over the next four years. Not only was Covid-19 a concern on both sides of the aisle but also the fu...

The DePaulia Theodora Koulouvaris, Staff Writer|December 22, 2020 As President Trump’s time in office comes to an end, he has considered pardoning several of his allies, along with granting preemptive pardons to members of his own family.   According to an article from The New York Times, Trump worries that the Justice Department under President-elect Joe Biden would “seek retribution against the president” by going after Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the president’s ...

The DePaulia Theodora Koulouvaris, Staff Writer|December 10, 2020 Throughout the 2020 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump attempted to portray President-elect Joe Biden as a socialist. “Biden has made a corrupt bargain in exchange for his party’s nomination,” Trump said during his Pennsylvania rally on Oct. 13. “He has handed control to the socialists and Marxists and left-wing extremists like his vice-presidential candidate.” But Biden has refuted those claims time and time...

its back to school time... and the spending is tough. looking for discounts, deals and saving dollars as the recession continues to weigh on wallets. plus...former treasury secretary henry paulson prepares to testify in front of congress...why he insists he did nothing wrong in pushing a mega merger at the height of the credit crunch. and...why americans anger toward the stock makret continues even as theyre trusting the financial system a little more these days...well get to the botto...