House Speaker Paul Ryan has sat down with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the U.S. Constitution and his plans during his presidency. Ryan and Trump have acknowledged their differences, but the two are openly speaking about some of Trump’s ideas that appear unconstitutional such as losing citizenship for burning the American flag,  and banning Muslims from […]

Donald Trump has potentially appointed some members of the business elite to his cabinet, signaling that the interests of Wall Street will likely be important to his administration. (New York Times) Nancy Pelosi was reelected as the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives for the 2016-18 congressional turn. (The Atlantic) Police officers in North Carolina […]

Competing chess grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin will move on to tiebreakers today at the World Chess Championship finals, hosted in Manhattan. In the past two weeks, chess fans all over the world have been enthralled by the 12 regulation games that have left the two grandmasters in a dead tie. (The New York […]

HawkMa struck again this past weekend as a student on Columbia’s campus captured the predator devouring a pigeon on Saturday. The hawk ripped its prey to shreds as feathers were strewn across the lawn with HawkMa fearlessly towering above, amid the awestruck crowd. (Daily Mail) In more Trump news, the president-elect has recently claimed he […]

New York City’s MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) is planning to raise the subway/bus fare from $2.75 to $3.00 next year. The proposal seeks to increase revenue for the MTA, which is already in billions of dollars of debt. (The Wall Street Journal) A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday morning near Fukushima, Japan, in a similar […]

An LA resident is leading a lawsuit against Chipotle for feeling “excessively full” and realizing “that the burrito couldn’t have been just 300 calories”, the new chorizo one that is. Who would have guessed that packing chicken, pork, sausage rice, beans, and cheese into a tortilla would be so filling? (USA Today) Anna Farris may […]

Settling: Donald Trump has agreed to settle and pay $25 million after several lawsuits have been filed against his for-profit Trump University. Many former students have paid $35,000 in tuition to be scammed: they were misguided by “high-pressure sales” tactics and were taught by instructors unqualified for their position.  (NY Times) Reaching: New York City mayor Bill de Blasio […]

The Whitney has just announced the 63 artists who will be featured in the Whitney Biennial on March 17. The artists are notably diverse; coming on the heels of the election period, their artwork will deal with “the artist or a self in relation to the tumultuous world we live in.” (New York Times) On […]

Obama has announced the latest winners of the presidential medal of freedom. The list varies from pop culture sensations like Ellen Degeneres to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. (New York Times) After the fervor of the presidential election, many anti-Trump voters are protesting his election by donating to organizations like Planned Parenthood and others that […]

The world’s most (in)famous dating app, Tinder, is adding 37 new gender identity options in its newest update! By adding these new non-binary options, Tinder hopes to reduce the harassment that transgender users face on the app. (USA Today) Three buildings in New York City’s Upper West Side will drop the Trump name, switching their […]

Last night, students gathered in Dodge Fitness Center to protest a culture of intolerance as represented in the wrestling GroupMe. Students held up print outs of the messages and stood silently along the walls of Dodge from 8:30-10. At 10, they moved the protest to Low. Merriam Webster has reported that their most looked up […]

After meeting with President Obama earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump stated that he is planning to improve upon health care instead of repealing the Affordable Care Act completely. Trump plans on keeping two fundamental parts of the Affordable Care Act, “one that forces insurers to cover people with pre-existing health conditions and another that allows […]

A day after Donald Trump’s election, people worldwide are beginning to grapple with what this means for the next four years. Protests have sprang up around the United States, including many in New York, and the government has already begun to implement the tools necessary for a peaceful transfer of power. A surprising winner in this […]

Last night, the nation witnessed the shocking culmination of the most dramatic election in American history. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in America’s national presidential race. (The New York Times) If we learned anything last night, it’s that we can’t trust the pre-election polls. Confirmation bias, the existence of a silent […]

Scientists have observed that Arctic Ocean is freezing at a slower pace, leading to lower-than-usual ice cover. The scientists pin the cause of this phenomena on global warming. (Scientific American) Last night, the Paris Agreement for reducing climate change came into effect. While the Agreement provides a basis for tackling climate issues, the details on implementation […]