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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms on June 28, in Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republicans’ Harris endorsements spark debate on GOP’s shifting moral compass

Kenneth Gao October 27, 2024

Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump has been a part of the national political discourse for nearly a decade, stemming from his fateful...

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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos gives a statement after a court hearing on Aug. 19. PHOTO COURTESY BY MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO/GETTY IMAGES

What can we learn from George Santos?

Kenneth Gao September 23, 2024

“‘I am running to protect the American dream.’” These are the words Republican nominee George Anthony Devolder Santos told the Long Island...

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US President Joe Biden (right) and former US President Donald Trump (left) during the first presidential debate on June 27. PHOTO COURTESY OF EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES

Trump’s search for his 2024 running mate: Here’s why Sen. Tom Cotton will never be selected

Vinod Kripalani July 9, 2024

This November, I won’t be voting for former President Donald Trump for a multitude of reasons. This is mainly because he is a threat to democracy...

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Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Florida DEI ban threatens diversity in universities

Elizabeth O'Connell February 25, 2024

“Discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination,” remarks Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when asked to describe his opinion on the initiatives of...

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Trump supporters outside of White House in Washington, DC. PUBLIC DOMAIN OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

Trump’s tiny hands are struggling to cling to power as QAnon’s influence grows

Michael Cleary August 30, 2021
Trump supporters are showing their support for the former president. However, Trump may not have this much support in the coming months.
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Skyler Johnson, a 19-year old campaigning for the 2020 Democratic nomination to run for the District 1 New York State Senate seat against 42-year incumbent Kenneth P. LaValle (R-Port Jefferson).COURTESY OF SKYLER JOHNSON

Local student seeks Democratic nomination to challenge state senator Kenneth LaValle

Alek Lewis January 2, 2020
19-year-old Skyler Johnson is campaigning for the 2020 Democratic nomination to run for the District 1 New York State Senate seat against 42-year incumbent Kenneth P. LaValle (R-Port Jefferson).
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Dinesh D'Souza speaking at a lecture in the Sydney Gelber Auditorium in the SAC. . ANNA CORREA/THE STATESMAN

Dinesh D’Souza draws controversy at Stony Brook lecture

Mike Adams April 15, 2018
The Stony Brook College Republicans brought Dinesh D’Souza, conservative speaker and documentary filmmaker, to campus.
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Lawrence Zacarese. ZACARESE FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF/FACEBOOK

Suffolk County Sheriff’s election too close to call

Joseph Konig November 8, 2017
“We did not concede,” Herman wrote in a text.
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Assistant Chief of Police Lawrence M. Zacarese, above, SAHER JAFRI/STATESMAN FILE

Zacarese beats out Boyle in Suffolk County Republican primary

Joseph Konig September 13, 2017
Assistant Chief of Police and the Director of Campus Emergency Management Lawrence Zacarese came out on top against State Senator Philip Boyle in the Republican primary for Suffolk County sheriff on Tuesday night.
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Congressman Lee Zeldin of New York speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Local candidates affected by presidential candidates’ unpopularity

Chris Gaine October 5, 2016
Zeldin, whose campaign did not return a request for comment, has no mention of Donald Trump's name on his website.
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Let’s unleash Microsoft’s “Tay” on the presidential campaign

Christopher Leelum March 31, 2016
Can man — the so evidently fallible ape with amazing capacities for violence, racism and terror — actually create intelligence?
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The great academic rift in the Grand Old Party

The great academic rift in the Grand Old Party

Nick Zararis March 29, 2016
We need an educated populous to properly participate in a representative democracy. This is where the divide in the Republican Party truly comes from.
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