The federal government functions based on short term budgets determined by Congress. When a budget cycle is ending, another is proposed. On occasion, if the legislators cannot agree on a new budget, the...
After the 2024 election, the Pew Research Center found that political violence was a top concern among voters, where 66% of voters reporting fears of violence. Now, nearly a year into the presidential...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on the Pharmacy Board to declare kratom an illegal drug due to the health risks it poses, but now the substance’s regulation is up in the air.
While not producing...
Charlie Kirk, prominent conservative influencer and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed at a university event in Orem, Utah Sept. 10, 2025.
Kirk was on the first stop of his “American...
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative influencer and founder of Turning Point USA, has died after being shot in the neck at an Utah Valley University event.
Although word has spread that police had...
After President Donald Trump’s administration announced Jan. 27 a freeze on federal financial assistance programs like grants and loans, a federal judge, Loren AliKhan, temporarily blocked the pause.
What...
Like many students, Camille Wild plans to travel an hour to her hometown Cleveland to vote for her first time.
Wild, a junior hospitality and event management major, originally planned to vote by...
This election, voters in Ohio will not only choose representatives, but they will also decide who will be drawing the districts those representatives serve.
Every decade, states redraw the legislative...
Thursday night, Kent State students gathered to honor the memory of the lives lost during the ongoing conflict in Gaza, which escalated on Oct. 7, 2023.
The event was hosted by Students for Justice...
It has been nearly one year since Israel declared its war on Hamas after an intense attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
The dispute over the Holy Land where the state of Israel resides is a decades-long conflict...
As the season inches closer, some students may be eager to get into the fall spirit. Kent offers a variety of fall events and activities for students and community members to participate in.
Sophomore...
For years, campaigns have used AI to make robocalls and generate speech captions. But now, some are using it to create a new reality.
“In some sense, that’s been a part of American elections since...
