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TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

Isabella Timpano
February 16, 2025

If you deleted TikTok due to the ban, you no longer have to go without: TikTok returned to app stores in the United States late Thursday evening, February 13, after President Trump delayed the ban on the app. Trump began trying to pause enforcement of the ban last month with...

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Brooke Hart
February 12, 2025

President Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies due to the cost of production. To produce the one cent coin, it costs nearly 3.7 cents to make. On Truth Social, Donald Trump made a statement saying "For far too long the United States has minted pennies...

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Caden Hyde
February 11, 2025

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be placed on hiatus as Trump continues to overhaul the executive branch. The CFPB was created in 2010 following the financial crisis and recession with the purpose of protecting the American consumer from unlawful or predatory...

Hamas Not Releasing Hostages Due to Supposed Ceasefire Violation

Hamas Not Releasing Hostages Due to Supposed Ceasefire Violation

Brooke Hart
February 11, 2025

Hamas has suspended the release of hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip. The hostages were to be released this weekend, but Hamas has accused the Israeli government of breaking the ceasefire. By not releasing hostages, Hamas is threatening to fully break the 6-week...

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Newly Appointed Attorney General Halts Federal Funding for Sanctuary Cities

Ellie Schroeder, Head News Editor
February 9, 2025

Washington D.C.- President Trump's pick for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, was sworn in on February 5, 2025. Bondi's first-day objectives included withholding funding from "sanctuary cities." Sanctuary cities are cities in which there are laws limiting cooperation with federal...

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Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Trans Women from Women’s Sports, NCAA to Comply

Caden Hyde
February 9, 2025

President Trump delivered on another major campaign promise on Wednesday when he signed the "No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order", banning anyone not assigned female at birth from participating in women's sports. Coincidentally, this executive order was enacted on National...

Trump Calls for America to "Take Over" Gaza

Trump Calls for America to “Take Over” Gaza

Caden Hyde
February 6, 2025

Following a meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump vowed to aid Israel directly in removing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and for the US to assume full control of the region. "The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip," Trump told reporters at a joint White...

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada Delayed, Trump Announces

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada Delayed, Trump Announces

Caden Hyde
February 4, 2025

President Trump's imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico - America's two largest trade partners - have each been delayed by 30 days due to both countries promising to improve their border crossing enforcement. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump states: “I am very...

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Trump Imposes New Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

Brooke Hart
February 2, 2025

On Saturday, February 1, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order that places 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. This executive order also ensures that China pays an extra 10% levy on top of the hefty tariffs. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by enforcing...

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L.A. Wildfires are 100% Contained, Leaving Residents to Rebuild

Isabella Timpano
February 1, 2025

The wildfires that ran rapidly through Los Angeles for the last month have been 100% contained as of Friday, January 31. The various fires burned for 25 days, causing more than $250 billion in damage and leaving 124,000 individuals registered for assistance with the Federal Emergency...