Tag: Donald Trump
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The Impact of the Government Shutdown
By: Stella Bovender On Oct. 1, the federal government shutdown due to Congress failing to pass a budget for 2026. According to BBC’s Oct. 2025 article with Anthony Zurcher and James Fitzgerald, “Why the US government has shutdown and what happens now”, the main reason the government shutdown is because Democrats oppose cuts made to…
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Pentagon Possibly Closing Commissaries
By: Neva Mellow I had the absolute greatest privilege of visiting Washington, D.C. during the second week of October. I ran in the Army race and saw the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and the Pentagon. The Pentagon is the center of this story. According to a 2025 Military Times article with…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension: A Late-Night Lesson in Free Speech
By: Maryem Hamdouni On Sept. 17, ABC’s parent company, Disney, announced the “indefinite” suspension of late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, after his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk sparked nationwide backlash and a heated debate about free speech. According to Aljazeera’s Sept. 18 article with Elizabeth Melimopoulos titled “What did Jimmy Kimmel…
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Unrest in Iran
MARY DANIELS The recent protests in Iran could possibly affect President’s Trump’s decision on the Iranian nuclear deal and worsen the economic problems in the country. On Dec. 28, protests erupted in the Iranian city of Mashhad. The protest spread to more than 70 cities and resulted in 22 deaths and more than 3,700 arrests,…
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A Year in Trump’s America
*All views expressed in the opinion section are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Salemite SCOTIE WILCHER I don’t think I’ll ever forget how I felt when I heard that Donald Trump “won” the office of president. It was around two in the morning, but the time doesn’t…
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Local Elections 2016 Results
By Sarah Vick Photo courtesy of James Willamor Most folks are aware that Trump and Clinton won the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina, respectively, but do you know about local politics? Here are the results of all local elections in Winston-Salem as provided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Board of…
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Salem Student Meets Marco Rubio
By Regina Pearson Disclaimer: The opinions in this article are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent the views of the College Republican National Committee. Florida Senator Marco Rubio made a campaign stop in Charlotte on October 21st at Rooster’s Wood-Fired Kitchen, a local restaurant in the heart of North Carolina’s…
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