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Illustration by Sarah Reed.

Some non-voter woes

Aidan Dillard-Hijikata, Opinion Editor April 3, 2025

I’m finally coming to terms with a critical lapse in my judgment, and I would like to apologize.  I was wholeheartedly a Trump skeptic, if not downright a nonbeliever of nearly the totality of his...

Illustration by Sarah Reed.

Kentucky businesses impacted by imposed tariffs, now facing price increases amid uncertainty

Sylvia Freire, Staff Reporter March 13, 2025

President Donald Trump is now threatening to impose a 200% tariff on European alcohol. Beginning March 4, Trump had reinstated 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, according to NBC News. According to...

A clean up crew pressure washes and drains water from an office building on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Kevin W. Johnson Attorney at Law office in Hazard, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Trump approves funding from FEMA for flood-damaged Kentucky

Lilly Keith, News Editor February 24, 2025

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced that President Donald Trump has approved public assistance for Kentucky communities affected by flooding in eastern Kentucky.  Beshear said he had been pushing...

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Elon Musk needs to be stopped

Austin Collier, Reporter February 21, 2025

Elon Musk hardly needs an introduction. The South African entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal has made a billion-dollar name for himself with electric cars and space travel. He’s both polarizing and consequential,...

How President Trump’s federal loan and grant halt affects UK Research

How President Trump’s federal loan and grant halt affects UK Research

Nick Tenhundfeld, Reporter February 19, 2025

On Jan. 27 President Donald Trump’s administration enacted a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans that left many questioning how it would affect research. According to the University of Kentucky...

President Trump orders the end of 'wasteful' penny production

President Trump orders the end of ‘wasteful’ penny production

Zaida Bell-Frantz, Reporter February 17, 2025

President Donald Trump announced his plans to cease production of the penny via his Truth Social account on Feb. 9. Truth Social is a social media platform launched by Trump following his ban from X,...

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Another four years of Trump will be disastrous for civil rights

Austin Collier, Reporter February 2, 2025

On the morning after Election Day, I dressed in black. This was not accidental; I was in mourning. It was not that someone close to me had died. I was, and still am, grieving the suffering and untimely...

President Capilouto addresses President Trump’s executive orders

President Capilouto addresses President Trump’s executive orders

Sylvia Freire, Reporter January 24, 2025

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto sent a message to the campus community addressing “potential impacts” of new executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.    The message was...

The future of US foreign policy

The future of US foreign policy

Gavin Cooper, Reporter January 24, 2025

Following the election results of 2024, President Donald Trump has offered his nominees to fill the various roles in his administration that would pertain to foreign policy and relations.  According...

Understanding new economic policies

Understanding new economic policies

Christian Kantosky, Assistant Photo Editor January 18, 2025

In the days leading up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Americans wait to see what the effect of new economic policies will look like over the next four years.  By voting, people expressed...

Illustration by Cameron Holmes.

Trump’s stance on immigration is unconstitutional

Hannah Piedad, Reporter December 7, 2024

At a rally on Oct. 11, 2024 in Aurora, Colorado, presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he would “invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating...

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COLUMN: Democrats gifted Trump his second term

Austin Collier, Reporter November 24, 2024

Well, here we are. After months of anticipation, we know who will spend the next four years in the White House, and this revelation promises to turn this country’s political and social rifts into chasms. Donald...

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