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Congress moves forward with bill to ban TikTok

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor March 20, 2024

Congress is continuing its plan of banning TikTok for American users. The extremely popular social media platform may be banned for all Americans due to foreign security concerns. The vote in the House...

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Santos expelled after scathing ethics committee report and criminal indictments

Noah Thomason, Political Reporter December 13, 2023

In the sixth-ever case of a congressperson being expelled, Republican Congressman George Santos was expelled from Congress after a House Ethics Committee report found evidence of Santos breaking several...

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Takeaways from the 2023 State of the Union address

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2023

On Feb. 7, 2023, President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union Address to congress. During the 70-minute speech, Biden outlined his administration’s achievements and his hopes for the future....

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy receives gavel. Photo courtesy of Win McNamee via Getty Images

Republicans officially take control of the U.S. House of Representatives

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief January 18, 2023

After numerous failed attempts at confirming a Republican Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was sworn in as Speaker of the House on Jan. 7. 2023 — and the 118th congress commenced.  The...

Ahead of the primary election on August 7, representatives Stevens (left) and Levin (right) took to OUs campus for a debate.

OU hosts Andy Levin, Haley Stevens for primary debate

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief June 1, 2022

On Tuesday, May 24, Oakland University hosted a primary debate between Andy Levin and Haley Stevens, the incumbent democratic representatives for the 10th and 11th Districts, respectively. The race...

On average, a college student pays $1200 a year on textbooks, with some books priced well over $100.

New bill introduced to make textbooks less expensive

On average, a college student pays $1200 a year on textbooks, with some books priced well over $100.

If Congress won’t do their jobs, fire them

By Editors October 15, 2013

We don’t mean to alarm you, but the government shutdown has been in effect for two weeks now. Plus now there’s a debt ceiling crisis.We’re a nation of 313.9 million people, and we’re letting a...

Congress elects new legislator focused on student pride

Ali DeRees October 8, 2013

A new legislator, as well as seven committee members were elected into the Oakland University Student Congress Oct. 7.Josh Pokrefky was unanimously voted in and joins 15 other legislators belonging to...

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