In the weeks leading up to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, which will take place on Monday, Jan. 20 2025, the media is filled with updates on the administrative “housekeeping” — most notably, the people that Trump has nominated for key positions in his new administration. While most of these […]
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Update on drought conditions in New Jersey
For the last month and a half, New York and New Jersey have been in a heavy drought which has exacerbated wildfires across the states. Now, with some rain over the past few weeks, the wildfires have quieted down, but the drought remains. New Jersey counties have experienced a rainfall […]
Political climate shocked by states swinging red
It was Wednesday, Nov. 6, that President-elect Donald Trump won the required 270 electoral votes necessary for him to reclaim his seat in the White House. On Saturday, Nov. 9, it was projected that Trump won Arizona, meaning that he won all seven major battleground states. He won Arizona, Michigan, […]
White House prepares for transition ahead of Trump’s inauguration
With just nine weeks left until President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, there are several processes underway. For one, stemming from Trump’s past run-ins with the law, Americans can expect to hear updates in the four criminal indictments that Trump still faces, adding onto the 34 charges […]
New Jersey election results for state and federal officials
New Jersey voters elected several state and federal officials in the General Election last Tuesday, Nov. 5. Republican former President and current President-elect Donald Trump won both the popular and electoral vote to become the 47th president of the United States, securing 309 electoral votes in comparison to Democrat and […]
Analysis: The decline in newspapers across the nation
Over the past two decades, there has been a steep decline in the number of surviving local newspapers across the country. Nearly 2,000 communities across the United States that once relied on a single local newspaper to report on what is happening in their community have now been left without […]
News round-up: What you missed the week of Nov. 6
A lot has happened in the world over the past week. Let’s catch up on the major news headlines: Wounded patients executed by police in Haiti The nonprofit organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, reported that police and vigilantes executed at least two wounded […]
Ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon set on fire ahead of election
During the early voting period leading up to Election Day, several ballot boxes in Washington state and Oregon have been set on fire. Experts say that an incendiary device was dropped into the respective ballot boxes, and from there detonated within the boxes in order to destroy the ballots. The […]
Harris and Trump’s final proposed policies for election
Republican former president Donald Trump announced his campaign for the 2024 Presidential Election on Nov. 15, 2022, the start of what the world presumed would be a rematch between Trump and current Democratic President Joe Biden. Diving straight into the 2024 primaries, polls began to indicate that Biden’s chances of […]
Trump rally at Madison Square Garden criticized due to racist remarks
Former President Donald Trump hosted a rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Oct. 27. The almost six-hour-long rally featured guests such as Dr. Phil McGraw, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Tucker Carlson and, of course, Trump’s new best friend Elon Musk. The rally quickly […]