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The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Hours before Tuesday's deadline, Congress and the White House had yet to begin serious negotiations over next year's budget, threatening a government shutdown that could delay Social Security payments, shutter national parks, museums and monuments and furlough hundreds of thousands of employees, Sept. 30, 2013. The Senate flatly rejected a House of Representatives proposal to keep the government funded through Dec. 15 but delay implementation of the contentious federal health care law. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood addresses tax reform, NAFTA status and the national opioid crisis

By Jared DuBach | Canton Daily Ledger
October 19, 2017
Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli on April 4, 2017. At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria, a monitoring group says. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay province for medical evacuation of victims after Syria toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey. (Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

After Syria strike, Trump administration talks tough

By John T. Bennett | CQ-Roll Call
April 11, 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
Daily Egyptian file photo.

GPSC discusses chancellor search, administrative salaries, academic program prioritization update

By Marnie Leonard
April 5, 2017
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. in their first public step toward a transition of power. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Trump blames Obama for protests: ‘I think he’s behind it’

By By Jennifer Epstein | Bloomberg News
February 28, 2017
President Barack Obama speaks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police at the 122nd Annual IACP Conference and Exposition in Chicago on Oct. 27, 2016.

Race is an integral part of Obama’s story, and he embraced its complexity

By Christi Parsons and Michael A. Memoli | Tribune Washington Bureau
January 19, 2017
President Barack Obama receives a lifetime ticket as he welcomes the Chicago Cubs to the White House to honor the team and their 2016 World Series victory in the East Room Jan. 16 in Washington, D.C.

For Obama, a Chicago champion caps his own record run

By Christina Bellantoni and Michael A. Memoli | Los Angeles Times
January 17, 2017
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. in their first public step toward a transition of power. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Obama makes a push for transparency before handing executive power to Trump

By W.J. Hennigan and Michael A. Memoli | Tribune Washington Bureau
December 7, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at the Facebook's Developers Conference Tuesday morning, April 12, 2016, in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg offers plan to fight fake news sites

By Geoffrey Mohan | Los Angeles Times
November 20, 2016
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas on October 12, 2016, and aims to keep her focus in the closing days of the race. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Sipa USA/TNS)

Column: It’s simple: Clinton lost because she ran a bad campaign

By Ray Long | Chicago Tribune
November 15, 2016
Thousands of anti-Donald Trump protestors march from MacArthur Park to the U.S. Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Trump advisers urge Obama, Clinton to call off ‘professional’ protesters

November 13, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord, N.C., on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Diedra Laird/Charlotte Observer/TNS)

Trump says US will try to deport 3 million undocumented immigrants

By David Willman | Los Angeles Times
November 13, 2016
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