Thanksgiving travel plans for Pitt students disrupted by effects of government shutdown

By Taylor Skibitsky, Staff Writer  • November 19, 2025

As the federal government shutdown concludes, Pitt students traveling home for Thanksgiving are still facing growing uncertainty and disruption. 

University town hall addresses effects of government shutdown

By Sarah George, Senior Staff Writer • October 24, 2025

Pitt held an hour-long University-wide town hall webinar on Oct. 22 to cover current financial issues facing the University, go over the annual report and answer questions posed by the Pitt community.

Government shutdown’s effect on Pitt remains uncertain

By Kyra McCague, Assistant News Editor • October 10, 2025

The federal government shutdown is in its second week, and its potential effects on Pitt are unclear.

Editorial: The wall isn’t a national emergency

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 18, 2019

What Trump fails to recognize in all this is that there is no crisis at the border. His national emergency creates far more problems than it solves and is a complete overextension of executive powers.

Opinion | Schumer and Pelosi are hypocritical in fight for border wall

By Hayden Timmins, Staff Columnist • January 15, 2019

Schumer and Pelosi seem more comfortable with spending taxpayers’ dollars on useless projects rather than giving Trump 0.14 percent of the yearly budget to help prevent the illegal entry and re-entry of criminals

Editorial: The real consequences of Trump’s fake crisis

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 10, 2019

Trump is both a hypocrite and wrong to blame Democrats for a lack of resolution to the shutdown, and the longer he blames others for a problem created entirely by himself, the more people he puts at risk.

Editorial: Trump needs to compromise on wall

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 8, 2019

Trump needs to put aside his ego long enough to agree to a compromise, or else the consequences of a prolonged government shutdown will be serious for many Americans.