Gabrielle Healy
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Trump-O-Meter: Not take vacations
"I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.” → Read More
On the Record: Nate Silver —
Serving Kenyon College and Gambier, Ohio since 1856. → Read More
On the Record: Ben White '94 —
Serving Kenyon College and Gambier, Ohio since 1856. → Read More
Deb Ball Prompts Discussion of Inclusivity —
Serving Kenyon College and Gambier, Ohio since 1856. → Read More
Trump-O-Meter: Not take vacations
"I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.” → Read More
7 whoppers from President Trump's first 100 days in office
President Donald J. Trump was the recipient of PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year in 2015. Back then, we couldn’t choose one particular claim over another, so we combined them all together and awarded his campaign statements the Lie of the Year. 76 percent of the statements we rated from him at that time were either Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire, out of 77 statements. Fast forward to November… → Read More
PolitiFact’s guide to the GOP amendment to health care bill
House Republican leaders gave up their goal of putting a new health care law overhaul up for a vote this week leading up to President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office. But some GOP leaders are hopeful that their latest effort will ultimately garner enough Republican support to bring it to a vote soon. Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., drafted an amendment during the last week in April to the… → Read More
Did Trump really mention WikiLeaks over 160 times in the last month of the election cycle?
President Donald Trump reveled in WikiLeaks’ disclosures against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the closing argument of his presidential campaign. His CIA director, Mike Pompeo, revealed a different attitude in a tough April 13 speech which addressed the anonymous hacking website. The group → Read More
‘Mother of all bombs’ dropped on ISIS target: What we know so far
The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on April 13. Discussion of the non-nuclear bomb’s sheer size has drowned out what actually happened, though we don’t have a lot of details or any footage from the ground as of publication. Here’s what we know so far. What happened? The U.S. military dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast,… → Read More
9 things we're reading about Syria, U.S. airstrikes
Here's a list of the stories we're reading to better understand the current situation in Syria and the significance of the U.S. airstrikes. Latest developments Syria Deeply, an independent digital media project, offers nuanced, specific coverage of the war in Syria. The round-up is contextualized and regularly updated to include new information. Updates go beyond the airstrike and discuss the… → Read More
How much will global food demand grow by 2050?
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer addressed global food demand to commemorate National Agriculture Day on March 21. → Read More
Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump's child-care proposal mainly benefits high earners
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she cannot jump on board with President Donald Trump’s child care proposals because they won’t actually help the poorest Americans. On CNN’s State of the Union, moderator Jake Tapper said, → Read More
Rand Paul said repealing 3 regulations saves millions of dollars, thousands of jobs
With a powerful Republican ally in the White House, Sen. Rand Paul said Congress is moving fast to reduce the burden of government regulations. On ABC’s This Week on Feb. 19, Paul, R-Ky., held up the deregulatory action taken by Congress as an example of the administration’s earliest weeks not being as chaotic as they may have seemed. → Read More
Donald Trump touts promise progress at press conference
We’re tracking more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges on our Trump-O-Meter. In a lengthy press conference Feb. 16, Trump listed several actions he’s taken since his Jan. 20 inauguration to meet these promises. Here’s a quick rundown of the promises he listed. (We fact-checked the press conference in a separate article.) → Read More
Sanders said Obama's SCOTUS nominees 'required' 60 votes, but it's more complicated
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Supreme Court should follow the same confirmation process as the nominees of former President Barack Obama. In a Feb. 5 interview on CNN’s State of the Union, CNN host Jake Tapper asked if he would join an effort to filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination. → Read More
For Senate, a second chance
Campus Senate may be back in business. The student body’s elections of Ben Douglas ’18 as Campus Senate student co-chair and Emily Margolin ’17 as the senior class representative, announced on Oct.… → Read More
ON THE RECORD: Dr. Einat Wilf
Born and raised in Israel, Einat Wilf is a former member of the 18th Knesset Israeli Parliament. During her time in the government, Dr. Wilf was a member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Def… → Read More
*NSYNC star gets out the vote
A piece of *NSYNC stardust landed on Kenyon’s campus Tuesday afternoon for National Voter Registration Day. Crowds of students flocked to meet Lance Bass, former member of the boy band *NSYNC, and … → Read More
Fighting for Sunset
As of Wednesday evening over 463 individuals have signed “Save Sunset Cottage,” a petition started by Facebook personality Philander Chase on change.org. The campaign, sparked by an opinions piece … → Read More
Take Back the Night discontinued
Take Back the Night (TBTN) — a week-long event designated to discuss issues of sexual misconduct, intimate partner violence and support and empower survivors — has been eliminated, and the studen… → Read More