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Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
In this photo from September 2020, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R- Ill., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing looking into the firing of State Department Inspector General Steven Linick, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Illinois Representative Kinzinger questions the current direction of the GOP

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2021
Eclipse-gazers stare look up Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, as the sky darkens during the solar eclipse at Willow Farm in Makanda. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

Semester in Photos: Fall 2017

By Photography Staff
December 13, 2017
The sunset illuminates Pulliam Hall with warm light Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. (Brian Mu–noz | @BrianMMunoz)

Students say GOP tax bill is ‘ridiculous,’ ‘devastating’ for higher education

By Amelia Blakely
December 5, 2017
U.S. President Donald J. Trump arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 to speak to the House Republican Conference. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

House passes its tax plan as Senate version comes under new attack

By Lisa Mascaro and Jim Puzzanghera | Tribune Washington Bureau
November 16, 2017
GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore speaks during a forum in Valley, Ala., on August 3, 2017. The former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court prevailed in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The gun-toting, Bible-quoting, conservative firebrand will likely shake up the Senate whether he can wave his firearm around or not. (Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/Zuma Press/TNS)

Republican Roy Moore of Alabama is pressed to quit Senate race after allegations that he molested a 14-year-old girl

By Michael Finnegan | Los Angeles Times
November 10, 2017
Los Angeles Harbor College student Brenda Soriano, second from right, and her mother Edilbertha Martinez, left, participate in a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017. Brenda and her sister Diana Martinez are in the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program. The Soriano family are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Diana is studying to be an aerospace engineer and Brenda is studying to be a journalist. The girls came illegally to the U.S. at ages 3 and 7 in the back of a van through Tijuana. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Young immigrants could find pathway to citizenship in DACA resolution, Blunt says

By Chuck Raasch | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 8, 2017
September 19, 2017 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America - United States Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks to reporters outside the US Senate Chamber following the Republican weekly luncheon caucus in the US Capitol on Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The GOP leadership is advocating for the passage of the Graham-Cassidy Act that would replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) with block grants for the individual states. Looking on from the right is US Senator Bill Cassidy. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Healthcare.gov could be crippled under latest GOP Obamacare repeal proposal

By Joe Williams | CQ-Roll Call
September 22, 2017
Bruce Rauner is sworn into office at the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Jan. 12, 2015 in Springfield. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

State school funding deal comes under pressure as leaders work on final details

August 28, 2017
Rauner: Trump's comments on Charlottesville 'damage America'

Rauner: Trump’s comments on Charlottesville ‘damage America’

By Bernard Schoenburg | The State Journal-Register
August 17, 2017
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) walks to the senate chamber prior to voting against a 'Skinny Repeal' bill which would repeal The Affordable Care Act on July 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The Republican bill failed 49-51 with McCain, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alasaka voting 'no' alongside Democrats. (Alex Edelman/ZUma Press/TNS)

McCain’s surprise vote doomed GOP health care bill, but did it open the door for Senate bipartisanship?

By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau
July 28, 2017
Protesters gathered at the office of Republican Rep. Mike Bost on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, to demand he support the Affordable Care Act. Bost twice voted to repeal the act while former President Barack Obama was in office and has said he supports an alternative approach to providing health care for Americans. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Does GOP’s stumble open a new path to universal health care?

By Andrew Breiner | CQ-Roll Call
April 6, 2017
U.S. President Donald J. Trump walks back to the Oval Office as he returns to the White House on March 2, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Trump White House sends mixed signals on House health bill

By John T. Bennett | CQ-Roll Call
March 7, 2017
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