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President Trump Gives Annual State of the Union Address

Peyton UpchurchStaff Writer On Tuesday, Feb. 5, President Trump issued the 2019 State of the Union Address. Although a large portion of his speech was spent calling for unity in the divided U.S. government, the President found a way to reiterate his intentions of pushing for the harsh immigration reforms that have polarized Congress since the beginning of his presidency.   “We must reject the … Continue reading President Trump Gives Annual State of the Union Address

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Returns to Headlines

Marisa SloanStaff Writer From President Trump’s travel ban prohibiting the issuance of visas to citizens of largely-Muslim countries to his attempts to use the legal status of DACA recipients as a gambling piece in his crusade for a border wall, there has been no shortage of topics with which to discuss. Recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border control have taken center stage once … Continue reading Immigration and Customs Enforcement Returns to Headlines

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The Trans Military Ban is a Step Backwards

Bruce CaseStaff Writer The Supreme court recently voted to reinstate President Trump’s order to ban transgender individuals from the military, staying true to another one of his campaign promises and another one of his tweets. Starting with a tweet in July of 2017 that said, “the United States Government will not accept or allow… transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” … Continue reading The Trans Military Ban is a Step Backwards

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The MAGA Hat Kid is Still a Kid

Bruce CaseStaff Writer There are many interpretations of the events that occurred at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18, 2019. The 45th annual March for Life and the Indigenous Peoples March coincided with each other. The players involved in the controversy were a group of high schoolers from Covington High School in Kentucky, a group of Native American protestors and a group … Continue reading The MAGA Hat Kid is Still a Kid

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Longest Government Shutdown to Date Has Ended

Shayna PraceStaff Writer After facing growing criticism over the partial government shutdown and various rejected deals, President Trump has signed a bill that will reopen the United States government for three weeks. Recently, Trump moved forward by offering a deal to the Democrats. The deal offered temporary protection for about 700,000 young undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion to help fund the border wall. … Continue reading Longest Government Shutdown to Date Has Ended

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The United States to Withdraw from Nuclear Weapon Treaty with Russia

Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer Last week, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will end its three-decade long treaty with Russia. The treaty currently bans a specific type of nuclear weapon that the United States accuses Russia of having. Signed in 1987, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty forbids the United States and Soviet Union having ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between … Continue reading The United States to Withdraw from Nuclear Weapon Treaty with Russia

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Trump Administration Attempts to Narrow the Federal Definition of Gender

Hannah Astin Staff Writer The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is sponsoring a campaign to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX. Title IX is the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive federal funds. With this definition, the Trump administration is attempting to define gender as a biological, immutable condition determined at birth that … Continue reading Trump Administration Attempts to Narrow the Federal Definition of Gender

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MAGA and the Melting Pot

Courtney Cordoza Staff Writer The United States of America is home to 327.5 million citizens. More than 55 million of them are multilingual. Within recent years, there have been a variety of videos that have surfaced online featuring Americans yelling at those speaking a foreign language. These people are chastized and condemned for conversing in a language other than English. Most often, this seems to … Continue reading MAGA and the Melting Pot

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U.S. Plans to Expand Tent Camp In Texas For Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Tyra Hilliard Staff Writer Towering over a cotton field ready for picking are the giant tents located right beside a border crossing used for salvage cars arriving in Mexico. Any outsiders would never know that those tents serve as temporary shelters for migrant children. On Friday, Oct. 12, reporters were granted access inside the facility. When it first opened in June, it was home to … Continue reading U.S. Plans to Expand Tent Camp In Texas For Unaccompanied Migrant Children

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Tariff War Between United States and China Continues

Luciano Gonzalez Staff Writer President Donald Trump has been critical of China’s influence on the global economy, and especially its influence on the American economy for as long as he has been in power. This criticism isn’t limited to words, as the president has been trying to enact an economic strategy that weakens the influence of China on the American economy through tariffs. The latest … Continue reading Tariff War Between United States and China Continues

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