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U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to the Army versus Navy Football Game at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. 

‘Several dozen’ of Trump’s pardons pushed by criminal justice reform groups, source says

(CNN) -- Several dozen of President Donald Trump's final slate of more than 100 pardons and commutations will be doled out to individuals whose cases have been championed by criminal justice reform...

Smithsonian Institution, known as "Castle", is seen on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Smithsonian is gathering artifacts from the US Capitol riot

Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN January 14, 2021

(CNN) -- The National Museum of American History is collecting objects to help document last week's deadly riot at the US Capitol, the museum's director said.The museum "has an ongoing and deep commitment...

In this Dec. 7, 2020 photo President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. 

House impeaches Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’

(CNN) -- The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the President's role inciting last week's riot at the US Capitol.The House...

 Vice President Mike Pence made clear Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, in a new letter released just hours ahead of a House vote on a measure urging him to do so.

Pence rejects calls to invoke 25th Amendment ahead of House vote on resolution urging him to do so

Clare Foran, CNN January 12, 2021

(CNN) -- Vice President Mike Pence made clear Tuesday night that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, in a new letter released just hours ahead of...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. 

Ohio gov. activates National Guard ahead of potential riots

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine activated 580 National Guard members Tuesday in preparation for what the FBI identified as massive armed protests planned in Columbus and every state capital...

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on January 12, 2021. - Trump is traveling to Texas to review his border wall project. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Defiant Trump denounces violence but takes no responsibility for inciting deadly riot

Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN January 12, 2021

(CNN) -- A defiant President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday his speech inciting the riot at the US Capitol was "totally appropriate" while at the same time calling for "no violence" in his first public...

OPINION: In search for the left

After four days of uncertainty, there was very little doubt that Joe Biden would be the forty-sixth president-elect of the United States as the counts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada were...

Ohio’s status as a swing state seems no longer

Kaitlyn Finchler Reporter November 17, 2020

With the results of the 2020 election still fresh in everyone’s mind, some have questioned if Ohio is still prevalent as a swing state or will still be a factor in future elections. No candidate has...

Political science professor Richard Robyn. 

Professors weigh in on Trump’s claim of voter fraud

Kandra Hill Reporter November 16, 2020

The Trump campaign has filed at least 17 lawsuits in both state and federal courts with claims that mail-in ballots were fraudulent following election results. Any evidence of voter fraud has yet to be...

Sophia Iannelli, senior public relations major. Courtesy of Allison Ewing Photography.

How to cope when political tensions impact family relationships

Zach Zdanowicz Reporter November 15, 2020

“I know mom voted for Trump.” Sophia Iannelli, senior public relations major, woke up to this text from her sister and it was the last thing she wanted to see the morning after the presidential election.“I...

Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. 

Kent State students conflicted about reelected congressman Tim Ryan

Mason Lawlor Reporter November 12, 2020

Rep. Tim Ryan won reelection in Ohio’s 13th district congressional last Tuesday. Ryan defeated Republican challenger Christina Hagan, a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.  Ohio’s...

Kent State attempts to stifle any post-election negativity

Ben Vrobel Administration reporter November 9, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, many students at Kent State made it publicly known they were disappointed by the president-elect, Donald Trump. This year, Kent State’s administration is trying...