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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

United States President Donald Trump holds a news briefing at the White House on Aug. 4 in Washington, D.C.

Opinion | The Republicans need a long-term plan

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist September 3, 2020
The Republican Party needs a vision for their party’s direction after the Trump presidency ends.
Opinion | Just wear the mask — even you, Trump

Opinion | Just wear the mask — even you, Trump

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist April 5, 2020
Whether we’re greeting dictators, kings and queens or simply making a trip to Trader Joe’s, we should be following all of the CDC guidelines.
President Trump holds up a newspaper with the headline that reads ACQUITTED at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast.

Opinion | Trump’s acquittal changes nothing — vote him out

By Paige Lawler, Senior Staff Columnist February 11, 2020
It is vital that, in the wake of Trump’s acquittal, Americans stick together and vote him out of office in the 2020 general election.
Opinion | Trump weakens environmental regulations, leaves streams and wetlands vulnerable

Opinion | Trump weakens environmental regulations, leaves streams and wetlands vulnerable

By Paige Lawler, Senior Staff Columnist January 27, 2020
This rule — a replacement to the Waters of the United States rule that was repealed in September 2019 — is a massively inferior update to the policy it replaces and is the latest of Trump’s careless environmental policies.
Opinion | Acquit Trump of both impeachment articles

Opinion | Acquit Trump of both impeachment articles

By Hayden Timmins, Staff Columnist January 22, 2020
Removal would create a precedence of impeaching and removing presidents based on miniscule evidence at best and pure speculation and deliberate misinterpretations of law at worst.
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on Dec. 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C., during a weekly news conference.

Opinion | Spotify Wrapped: American politics of the decade edition

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist January 7, 2020
Here are some of my favorite moments in American politics throughout the decade — think of it as a Spotify Wrapped for our nation.
Demonstrators gathered outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to protest President Donald Trump, who visited Pittsburgh to speak at the annual Shale Insight Conference.

Trump’s Pittsburgh speech draws protesters Downtown

By Benjamin Nigrosh, Staff Writer October 24, 2019
President Donald Trump’s speech at the Shale Insight Conference on Wednesday turned the intersection of Penn Avenue and 10th Street into the marching ground for a few hundred protesting Pittsburghers.
Betsy DeVos, secretary of education, speaks during the Wall Street Journal CFO Network conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 11.

Editorial: DeVos’ violation of court order shows her ineptitude

By The Pitt News Editorial Board October 9, 2019
This case sheds light on an Education Department run ineffectively, forming another major crack in the Trump administration.
Opinion | Trumps unpresidented response to impeachment

Opinion | Trump’s unpresidented response to impeachment

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist October 8, 2019
While Trump is not the first president to face this political battle, his reactions thus far fall in uncharted territory.
Opinion | The politics of impeachment wont destroy Democrats

Opinion | The politics of impeachment won’t destroy Democrats

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist September 30, 2019
The politics of impeachment are much better for Democrats than they think. In fact, it could help secure a Democratic victory in 2020 — not just against Trump but in Congress as well.
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