Skip to Main Content
Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Map of scheduled ‘No Kings’ protests across North America. Courtesy No Kings

Protests of Trump policies planned in 14 locations across Sooner state

Blake Madden June 12, 2025

WASHINGTON – Fourteen protests are set to take place across Oklahoma on Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration and a planned military parade, joining hundreds of similar rallies nationwide...

Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma City) and Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Westville)

Lankford, Mullin leading effort to push ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ through Senate

Blake Madden June 10, 2025

WASHINGTON—Oklahoma Senators have assumed leading roles in pushing the “One Big Beautiful Bill” through the Senate, even as internal divisions within the Republican Party threaten to stall its momentum. After...

House Speaker Mike Johnson congratulates Republicans Thursday morning on passing President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" with a narrow 215-214 vote. Courtesy C-Span/Gaylord News

Brecheen drops opposition allowing budget bill to pass

Emma Rowland and Blake Madden May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON—Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen cast a pivotal Yes vote early Thursday morning, helping the House narrowly pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill” after days...

U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen.

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ advances after Brecheen flips

Emma Rowland and Blake Madden May 19, 2025

WASHINGTON – In an unusual move, Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen, a fiscal hawk, switched his vote from No to Present to allow the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Republicans want to use for President...

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole addresses the House of Representatives during debate on HR-1968. The bill allocates funding for the federal government until Sept. 30, 2025. Cole said on the floor, “It's pretty short, it's 99 pages. Read it.”

Cole scores major win as House passes stopgap spending bill

Madeline Cantrell March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON - House Republicans passed on Tuesday a stopgap spending bill in a significant win for the GOP majority but more importantly for Oklahoma’s Congressman Tom Cole, who challenged the Freedom...

President Donald Trump speaking before joint session of Congress.  Curtesy Fox Local.

Oklahoma delegation stand firm with Trump following address to Congress

Abby Young March 6, 2025

Members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation were united in their support of proposed policies impacting the state in President Donald J. Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening. In...

Oklahoma State Sens. Shane Jett (R-Shawnee) and Dusty Deevers (R-Elgin) confer at announcement of formation of the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus. Sen. Dana Prieto (R-Tulsa) looks on.  (Photo courtesy KOSU)

Religious bills fail in Oklahoma State Senate Judiciary Committee

Kayla Hawley, Multimedia journalist February 23, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – Four bills with conservative, Christian themes failed last week in the Oklahoma State Senate Judiciary Committee. The bills, authored by Sen. Dusty Deevers (R-Elgin), a member of...

Oklahoma Senators hesitant about recess appointments

Kevin Eagleson November 19, 2024

Oklahoma senators James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are signaling their hesitancy of the use of recess appointments to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet. “I mean they’re constitutionally...

Historical, unprecedented, first are losing some of the meaning

Victoria Anderson November 7, 2024

As the final polls start to roll in from Tuesday night, Americans are now looking at the significance of the historic Trump win. This historic race for that historic house has come to a historic end,...

Historic end for Harris campaign at Howard

Historic end for Harris campaign at Howard

Victoria Anderson November 6, 2024

As the country begins to return to normal as an intense and historic election season – one campus in America is still reeling. Howard University was not expecting their streets to look like this after...

For the sixth consecutive presidential election, all 77 counties voted for the Republican Candidate. Trump received an average of 78.53% of the votes in each county.  In the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, Oklahoma County was the closest county in the state with Trump winning in 2020 and 2024 by less than 2%.

Republicans once again dominate Oklahoma’s elections

Kevin Eagleson November 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Republicans won big in Oklahoma’s Congressional races and dominated the Presidential results as turnout dropped by almost 5% compared to the 2020 general election. Presidential race:...

Kamala Harris supporters watch results roll in with worrisome looks on their face at the Harris election night watch party at Howard University.

Jubilant atmosphere dissipates at Harris watch party after Iowa is called

Kevin Eagleson November 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States on Wednesday returning to the White House after four years, something only Grover Cleveland had done before. Trump surpassed...

Load More Stories