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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

As seen through a window, President Donald Trump watches newscasts in an area behind the James Brady Press Briefing Room with Steven Groves, center, White House deputy press secretary, and press assistant Margo Martin, after speaking about the coronavirus at the White House, Friday, April 17, 2020, in Washington. Public health experts are becoming concerned that people will use their partisan identification to decide which officials to believe whenever parts of the country start edging back to a new normal.

Experts worry politics will guide voters’ coronavirus precautions

Associated Press April 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus...

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Washington.

Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy

Associated Press April 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with other health officials, gives a daily update on the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Chicago.

Governors around nation take action against COVID-19

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer April 14, 2020

Amidst fears that COVID-19 will cause an increasing number of cases and deaths as the United States approaches the peak of the pandemic, governors across the nation are working to prevent the worst for...

Students walk on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

OPINION: For Generation Z, COVID-19 is the latest in a series of major traumas

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor April 12, 2020

We are living in uncertain times.  It’s a cliché, but it’s also a pretty good summation of the truly bizarre existence we are all subjected to amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As I thought about...

President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif.

Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

Associated Press March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources...

Bernie Sanders rally at Grant Park on March 7, 2020. Jonathan Aguilar | The DePaulia

`We can do it,’ say young believers fueling Bernie Sanders’ campaign

Associated Press March 11, 2020

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — They've watched their parents and friends struggle to pay medical bills. They've spent time in Spain, Australia and other countries where people don't have the same worry. They...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states

Associated Press March 11, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years...

El candidato presidencial, senador Bernie Sanders, habla en frente una gran multitud en Grant Park el sábado 7 de marzo.

Manifestación de Sanders llena Grant Park

Hannah Mitchell and Maria Guerrero March 8, 2020

El senador Bernie Sanders llegó a Chicago el 7 de marzo en un último intento de ganar seguidores antes de las primarias del 17 de marzo en Illinois.  Sanders le dijo a sus partidarios en la campaña...

Congressman Chuy Garcia endorses presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in front of a large crowd in Grant Park on Saturday, March 7. 
Below: A supporter waits for Sanders to take the stage (left) and a young attendee gets a better view atop his father’s shoulders (right).

Bernie Sanders rally packs Grant Park

Hannah Mitchell, Multimedia Editor March 8, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders came to Chicago on March 7 to gain supporters before the March 17 Illinois primary. Sanders told his supporters at the Grant Park campaign rally that he is the candidate to beat the...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announces the end of her presidential campaign.

OPINION: Women just can’t win

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor March 8, 2020

Perhaps one of the best moments of the Democratic primary was when Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., verbally dressed down fellow candidate Mike Bloomberg on two separate debate stages for his history of...

In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments March 2, 2020, to decide whether Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam can be deported without getting to make his asylum case to a federal judge.

Trump seeks Supreme Court approval to speed deportations

Associated Press March 1, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man slipped into the U.S from Tijuana, Mexico, and made it just 25 yards from the border before he was arrested. A seven-month journey from Sri Lanka was over for Vijayakumar...

Key:
Solid green: caucus states
Striped green: recently changed to primaries

Election for dummies

Rebecca Meluch and Joshua Kaufman February 23, 2020

Trump’s four years are coming to a slow end, and the 2020 race for president is here. Throughout the next couple months, America will find out which of the many Democrats running  will win enough state...

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