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DePaul students enter the Arts & Letters building on Jan. 29, 2025. DePaul recently changed their attendance policy, removing the Dean of Students from the extended absence notification process.

No More Dean? DePaul’s new extended absence policy puts professors in charge

Casey Tharrington and Khadija Mujahid February 3, 2025

Who should decide whether a student’s extended absence is excused — professors or university administrators? DePaul’s recent policy change has put that decision in the hands of professors, prompting...

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on deregulation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington.

Trump reshapes policy with flurry of executive orders

LiLi Jarvenpa, City News Editor February 3, 2025

President Trump has had a busy couple weeks back in office, signing dozens of executive orders impacting everything from immigration and citizenship to climate change and health care.  Prior to taking...

DePaul researcher finds that K-12 teaching is increasingly dangerous

DePaul researcher finds that K-12 teaching is increasingly dangerous

Riley Sommers, La DePaulia Contributing Writer February 3, 2025

In 2024, Kit Kresky was a teacher for the sixth grade at an alternative school for children who had previously exhibited behavioral issues. This school was a standard, licensed public school in the state...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

BREAKING: Trump administration halts federal grants and loans

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer January 28, 2025

In a memo released Monday night, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced that it was pausing federal grants and loans effective 5 p.m. on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after it was signed.  The...

President-elect Donald Trump listens with Linda McMahon during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘It’s not just about the money’: Trump eyes shuttering the Department of Education

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor January 27, 2025

Miguel Cardona departed the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building in Washington for the last time as Secretary of Education on Jan. 17. That was just three days before President Donald...

Protesters gather outside Trump Tower in the Loop to demonstrate against the inauguration of President Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. DePaul public safety are instructed to not ask students about immigration status.

Know your rights: How DePaul plans to respond to ‘immigration raids’

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor January 27, 2025

Wasting no time fulfilling President Trump’s campaign promises of sweeping raids on undocumented immigrants, Tom Homan —  Trump’s new ‘border czar’ — made plans for “immigrant raids” in...

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks to reporters before a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the platform's consumer privacy and data security practices and impact on children, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Looming TikTok ban balances free speech with privacy

Joe Martinez and Linnea Cheng January 27, 2025

Though temporarily shut down Jan. 18 in anticipation of a Jan. 19 federal ban, TikTok has restored service in the United States. The move came after NBC reported that former President Biden said he...

A shopper checks eggs before he purchases at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Anyone going to buy a dozen eggs these days will have to be ready to pay up because the lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to prices more than doubling over the past year.

Bird flu virus takes flight

Samantha Freehling, Contributing Writer January 27, 2025

New cases of the H5N1 avian influenza, bird flu, have appeared across the country, most recently at an egg farm in Missouri. Last December, the first severe case of bird flu was confirmed in a patient...

CTA rider waits for southbound Red Line train at Fullerton Station on Jan. 23, 2024. This mouth Federal Transit Administration and Chicago Transit Authority secured funds for south side Red Line extension.

CTA granted nearly $2 billion for Red Line Extension

Khadija Mujahid, Contributing Writer January 27, 2025

The Federal Transit Administration officially signed an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority this month, securing $1.9 billion for the Red Line Extension on the city’s South Side. The extension...

A vendor organizes his cart of merchandise before taking off to find another location on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. There were hundreds of vendors present for Inauguration Day, crowding the streets and sidewalks.

The faces behind the booths: Inauguration Day vendors crowd the streets

LiLi Jarvenpa and Kit Wiberg January 22, 2025

Fred Basserman pushed his merch cart against the cold wind, sporting one of his own hats to keep his red nose warm. Loaded with Trump-themed hats, pins, flags and magnets, he moved down the streets of...

Trump supporters watch the second inauguration of Donald Trump at the Dubliner Pub on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The pub was packed with Republicans there to celebrate Trump returning to office.

MAGA and miracles: Meeting Trump’s base on inauguration day

Rose O'Keeffe, Content Managing Editor January 22, 2025

At "The Dubliner” pub on Capitol hill, droves of red-hat wearing Americans were packed in tightly, transfixed by the televisions mounted behind the bar. They were not watching football or soccer, the...

Supporters and security gather in the wake of the inauguration parade in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. The motorcade processed through to the Capitol after.

Photo Gallery: Inauguration at a glance

                               

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