President Donald Trump will be teaming up with Kylie Jenner to release a new cosmetics line in May called Orange Is the New Black. His main goal is to have people be more focused on his line instead of his gun control promise. The new line will have ingredients including formaldehyde, phenacetin, phthalates and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) which have been ... Read More »
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019 will include massive cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The budget cuts will decrease the funding for the initiative from $298 million to only $30 million. According to the Great Lakes Restoration website, the initiative was launched in 2010 “to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface ... Read More »
On April 22, Earth Day, residents of Appleton and the surrounding area participated in the national March for Science. Over 400 people met at Lawrence Chapel at Lawrence University to listen to organizers of the event, local science teachers and people who work in science-related industries, discuss the importance of promoting science. Speeches were given about the history of Earth ... Read More »
February has been a straining month on the relationship between President Donald Trump and the nation’s news outlets. Several incidents have contributed to apprehension on the president’s stand on the First Amendment right of freedom of the press. These incidents, in addition to creating tension, have brought to light an important need to distinguish between “fake news” and “biased news” ... Read More »
Last month was the first national prayer breakfast for the Trump administration. The National Prayer Breakfast has been an annual event in Washington, D.C. held on the first Thursday of February since 1953. Historically, presidents since Eisenhower have had an opportunity to read from scripture and invite special guests such as Mother Teresa in 1994. Besides talking about how The ... Read More »
On Feb. 16, President Trump signed the Stream Protection Rule out of existence. A repeal which was voted for by the Senate and House of Representatives earlier in the month. The rule had only just been passed in December during the final weeks of Obama’s presidency. The Obama administration had high hopes for the legislation. In December, the Department of ... Read More »
In January, the heavily debated border wall got one step closer to becoming a reality when President Trump signed an executive order for its immediate construction. The economic and social implications of the wall inflamed disputes from the beginning of Trump’s campaign, but little publicity has been given to its effect on the border region’s wildlife. Shawn Crimmins, professor of ... Read More »
In 21st century presidential administrations, the “peaceful transition of power” now includes a peaceful transition of executive murder. From drone strikes to torture, Barack Obama has made a historic stamp on American foreign policy. Despite President Trump’s anti-interventionist stances on several foreign policy issues, he has been a strong critic of Obama’s Iran deal in 2015. Donald Trump put Iran ... Read More »
The Affordable Care Act, more often referred to as Obamacare, is a federal statute signed into law by Barack Obama in 2010. Since its implication, the ACA has been the cause for three supreme court cases, a government shutdown and a talking point across party lines during the 2016 election. One of the most famous aftermaths was in Sept. 2013, when ... Read More »
On Dec. 19, 538 presidential electors convened and officially elected Donald Trump into office. The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution speaks on presidential elections. Elector eligibility is left to state legislators and, like several other government processes, there is a tight set of rules which dictate who is eligible to be an elector for a state. This year several of ... Read More »
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