Trump taps Chicago-based Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor
12:37 am
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Barrett, 48, graduated with honors from Rhodes College, a Presbyterian-affiliated school in Tennessee. She continued on to Notre Dame Law School in Indi...
New leadership for Japan: Shinzo Abe’s legacy and what to expect from the new prime minister
Marcus Robertson, Nation & World Editor
September 20, 2020
For the first time in eight years, Japan has a new prime minister. Yoshihide Suga, the 71-year-old son of a farmer, was elected via an internal party vote to replace Shinzo Abe, who is the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s history. Abe served a brief stint in 2006 and 2007 before resigning due t...
Nation remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nika Schoonover and Marcus Robertson
September 20, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known for her groundbreaking strides in women’s rights, died Friday at 87, the Supreme Court announced. The second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, Ginsburg’s reputation echoes in the heartfelt condolences and open criticisms of the public while the politica...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
September 18, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her...
California wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres this year. Experts say climate change plays a role.
Nicole Shih, Staff Writer
September 13, 2020
Wildfires have now burned over 3.2 million acres since the beginning of this year in California, according to a public statement from California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Twenty people have died in the wildfires and over 4,700 structures have been damaged. This year is the most severe year fo...
Federal appeals court vindicates Edward Snowden
Marcus Robertson, Nation & World Editor
September 6, 2020
Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposed the agency’s mass surveillance of Americans, a federal court ruled the NSA program was illegal. The NSA program, Judge Marsha Berzon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, went beyond what the Foreign Intellige...
‘How do you trust them now?’: How politics has undermined America’s health authorities
Marcus Robertson, Nation & World Editor
September 6, 2020
In a move health experts have criticized as unscientific, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for blood plasma transfusion as a treatment for COVID-19. “The FDA’s emergency authorization for convalescent plasma is a milestone achievement in President Trump’s ef...
Universities around the world go back to school amid COVID-19
Holly Jenvey, Staff Writer
September 6, 2020
This year back to school takes on a new meaning for college students. Whether it's logging into Zoom or bracing in-person odds, universities across the country and around the world are continuing to figure out the best plans for the coming term. “I do not think that there are some schools that are handlin...
Biden, Trump arrive in Kenosha in the aftermath of Jacob Blake shooting
Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor
September 3, 2020
KENOSHA- Nine days after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, President Donald Trump arrived there to meet with business owners, law enforcement and tour damage areas from protest as part of his “law and order” visit. This comes after the Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Kenosha M...
AP FACT CHECK: Harris eligible to serve as VP, president
August 14, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) — False claims that Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as U.S. vice president or president have been circulating in social media posts since 2019, when she first launched her Democratic primary campaign. On Thursday, after Harris was selected by Democratic presidential nominee...
Biden camp announces Kamala Harris will be his running mate
Marcus Robertson, Nation & World Editor
August 11, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris will serve as Joe Biden’s running mate, Biden announced on Twitter today. She was chosen from a group of about ten candidates, all female. Today’s announcement comes 84 days before the Nov. 3 election. A handful of different names seemed to have risen to the top of the conversation ...
US-China tension: banned Chinese apps, Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and a possible CCP travel ban
Nicole Shih, Contributing Writer
July 23, 2020
The Trump administration is considering a travel ban on Chinese Communist Party members and their families, according to four Trump administration officials who spoke to The New York Times. If approved, the ban could revoke the visas of CCP members and their families who are already in the Unit...
