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I Visited The White House For A Presidential Reception. Here’s What Happened.

Alexander Plagos, Senior Editor March 26, 2025

Two weeks ago, I received an email from the White House Social Office inviting me to the White House for a Presidential Reception to honor Greek Independence Day on March 24—though the official holiday...

Pressing Issues

Pressing Issues

Janon Fisher, Senior Editor February 26, 2025

For the past 111 years, the White House has been held accountable by journalists selected by the nonpartisan White House Correspondents’ Association. The association's job was to choose the reporters...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu (left) and U.S President Donald Trump (right) address reporters during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House On Feb. 4.

Trump Calls For Western Intervention in Gaza: ‘The U.S Will Take Over The Gaza Strip’

Brady Metzger, Staff Writer February 11, 2025

On Tuesday, President Trump called for the U.S to take long-term control of the Gaza territory.  Such a statement was a break from decades of U.S foreign policy that failed to provide a firm stance on...

President Trump signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office.

Trump 2.0: The First 100 Hours

Alexander Plagos, Senior Editor January 31, 2025

Following his second inauguration on the 20th of January, President Trump has gotten to work forming a cabinet and pushing his agenda and key policies he so fervently campaigned on at break-neck speed. After...

Credit: Scientific American

City of Angels in Flames

Hudson Dew ’26 January 17, 2025

Citizens of Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs were awoken early on Tuesday, January 7th by the arid and sour odor of smoke. Overnight, a wildfire had broken out in the Pacific Palisades suburb, one...

Matt Gaetz: Power Player to Pariah

Matt Gaetz: Power Player to Pariah

Brady Metzger, Staff Writer December 20, 2024

The former representative of Florida’s first congressional district, Matt Gaetz (R-FL), resigned from his congressional seat on November 13th—the same day he was nominated by President-elect Donald...

President Trump is rushed off stage after surviving an assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Words to Weapons: the Rising Threat of Political Violence

Alexander Plagos, Senior Editor December 12, 2024

The 2024 Presidential Election campaign has been without a doubt the most tumultuous in recent memory. In an election cycle that has been plagued with lawsuits, personal controversies, and a mid-election...

Former Eos worker Veronica Lattimore marches with the United Steelworkers Union during the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade on September 2, 2024. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki)

It’s a Steel!

Detion Shehu December 11, 2024

US Steel, once a symbol of American economic prowess and a beacon of American manufacturing, is a husk of its former self. From being the 8th largest world steel producer in 2008 to the 24th in 2022. Now...

Vice President Harris & President Trump faced off in the 59th quadrennial presidential election.

Xavier’s Choice: 2024 Election Poll

Alexander Plagos, Senior Editor December 11, 2024

With the divided state of our country, especially in this period of a closely contested election, many Americans turn to polls in hopes of getting answers as to how the states and nation as a whole will...

Reuters/Jane Rosenberg, Getty Images

Diddy Do It?

Zachary Sedgwick December 11, 2024

“Ain’t no party like a Diddy party” was once a fun phrase among celebrities, but now it carries a much darker meaning. With sexual assault, abuse, trafficking, and racketeering charges stacking up...

Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)

Hurricane Helene: A disaster to the Southeastern United States

Joshua Niemann December 11, 2024

On September 26, 2024, a category 4 Hurricane swept the southeastern coast. The storm caused vast disruption and immense damage, making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida, moving up the coast, and...

A Look Ahead at Voting in America

A Look Ahead at Voting in America

Hudson Dew ’26 December 11, 2024

  Division and polarization have been consistent themes of life as an American for the past decade, and with much of Gen Z voting for the first time in 2024, it's certain that those divisions will...

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