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By Katherine Coble || News Editor The House of Representatives took the dramatic step on Thursday to endorse the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, marking the beginning of a…
By Ellyn Fritz || Contributing Writer Abū Bakr Al-Baghdadi was the world’s most wanted terrorist chieftain, with a target of a twenty-five million dollar bounty offered by the American government.…
By Shen Wang || Contributing Writer It began on October 23 when an emergency center in Grays, Essex received an anonymous call for help: a large red truck in a…
By Ellyn Fritz || Contributing Writer Last week, President Trump ordered American troops to step aside from the northern border in Syria, against the advice of his national security team.…
Mira Lerner || Copy Editor Last week the letters XR began popping up on news feeds accompanied by pictures of masked protestors being handcuffed by police. “XR” refers to the…
Olivia Capasso || Junior Editor In the early hours of September 14th, a vast oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia was attacked by a series of explosions from the air.…
By Anna Synakh || Copy Editor Sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh first arose when he was nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States. These claims, put forward…
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer Earlier this month the Trump administration announced that they are close to finishing up a ban on flavored e-cigarettes. More than 800 people have…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor Last Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry would be launched against President Trump. The sharp reversal of policy for Pelosi…
By Yujie Wang || Contributing Writer On September 5th, the US and China announced a new round of trade talks in Washington in October. This is the 13th round of…
By Mira Lerner || Contributing Writer Over a week after Hurricane Dorian left the Bahamas and moved on to North Carolina, thousands of people are still stranded and struggling to…
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer On Sunday, September 8, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that President Donald Trump had ceased peace negotiations with the Taliban, citing the cause…
By Simon Taylor || Contributing Writer Ten candidates took the stage for the third televised Democratic presidential primary debate on Thursday, September 12, hosted by ABC on the campus of…
By Erin Maxwell || Contributing Writer With ten candidates qualifying, the third Democratic debate will air this Thursday, September 12th on ABC and Univision. To qualify for this debate, the…
By Connor Mirabella || Contributing Writer The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, fully withdrew the controversial bill that allowed extradition of Hong Kong residents to mainland China on…