The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Tornado damage in Smiths Station, Alabama. Trump’s approach to the disaster in Alabama comes in stark contrast to his harmful rhetoric and actions toward other states that have experienced catastrophic natural disasters of their own.

Editorial: Trump makes empty promise for “A Plus” emergency relief

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 6, 2019
Trump’s inconsistency in responding to disaster relief is unacceptable, and future disaster-affected states deserve the same support he has given Alabama.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity at a “Make America Great Again” rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Nov. 5, 2018.

Editorial: Fox-Trump relationship unethical, dangerous

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 4, 2019
The New Yorker article shows an unethical, incredibly alarming relationship between Fox News and the Trump administration.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during Conservative Political Action Conference 2019 on March 2 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual CPAC to discuss conservative agendas.

Editorial: Executive order for free speech would do more harm than good

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 3, 2019
The executive order is yet another swing and a miss for the Trump administration, as it manages to both fundamentally misunderstand the role of the Constitution and propose a problematic solution.
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trumps former personal attorney, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Editorial: Don’t ignore Cohen’s testimony

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 28, 2019
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony yesterday is something that deserves the nation’s refocused attention.
Top 10: Space Force Objectives

Top 10: Space Force Objectives

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 22, 2019
Get in the shuttle, loser, we’re going to make the galaxy great again. As the Space Force blasts off, here are 10 top priorities for the new military branch.
U.S. President Donald Trump declares a national emergency to build his promised border wall during a Feb. 15 press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a news conference on Nov. 2, 2017, in New York.

Opinion | New York sets example with new abortion law

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist February 12, 2019
The legislation is a landmark victory in the fight for women’s reproductive health-care rights.
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Editorial: Trump defies bipartisanship for border fiction

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 6, 2019
Despite the triumphs made in the last year, Trump’s address only further displayed eagerness to use falsehoods to stoke fear and xenophobic anger to accomplish his political ends.
Opinion | Bashing millennials is a risky move for Trump

Opinion | Bashing millennials is a risky move for Trump

By Julia Kreutzer, For The Pitt News January 30, 2019
The last thing Trump should do is criticize a generation that could, and likely will, mobilize against him next November.
U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa during the annual American Conservative Union CPAC on March 3, 2016, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Editorial | GOP hard on King, soft on Trump

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 16, 2019
The Republican leadership likely hopes their actions against King will be seen as a genuine stand against white supremacy, not something done when it is politically convenient. The GOP’s silence on Trump says otherwise.
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