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

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Inauguration weekend in photos

Madeline Cantrell January 20, 2025

WASHINGTON-Over inauguration weekend, thousands flocked to the nation’s capitol both in support and opposition of President Donald Trump. Saturday:  “The People’s March” saw individuals...

Oklahoma’s own Carrie Underwood sang a rendition of America the Beautiful during President Trump’s Inauguration. Underwood joined the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation in the Rotunda for the ceremony. Photo courtesy CSpan.org

Oklahoma’s GOP delegation gathered Monday to celebrate Trump inauguration

Madeline Cantrell January 20, 2025

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s Republican delegation gathered Monday in the Nation’s Capitol to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Trump, who won Oklahoma...

Oklahoma National Guard troops deployed to Washington D.C. to bolster inauguration security

Michael Buchanan, Multimedia journalist January 19, 2025

WASHINGTON – National Guard troops from Oklahoma joined nearly 8,000 other soldiers in Washington D.C. this week to bolster security efforts during the inauguration of President-elect Trump. Around...

Women of the Alpha Gamma Delta chapter at the University of Oklahoma coordinate a sorority recruitment video for TikTok. Starting in the summer of 2021, sorority recruitment became a viral trend on the platform due to the prevalence of dance videos created by chapters at universities across the country, specifically at the University of Alabama. “Alabama RushTok” has impacted the university’s admissions and recruitment and is credited by some at SEC universities to have led to the increase in enrollment at institutions with large Greek Life presences.

Gen Z will lose a formative platform if TikTok ban is upheld

Madeline Cantrell January 10, 2025

WASHINGTON – It appears that my generation is about to lose its crutch. In a little more than nine days the government is set to take TikTok away if arguments held Friday before the Supreme Court...

The hearse carrying the casket of 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter drives down Massachusetts Avenue in Georgetown on its way to the National Cathedral for a state funeral attended by all five living presidents. Kevin Eagleson/Gaylord News

President Carter remembered for life, legacy and connection to Oklahoma

Madeline Cantrell and Kevin Eagleson January 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — Thousands of mourners gathered in Washington this week to honor the life and legacy of the nation’s 39th President Jimmy Carter. Carter arrived in the capital city on Tuesday after...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) secured his seat atop the House in the 119th Congress after holdouts threatened his bid. //Kevin Eagleson Gaylord News

Johnson secures Speaker’s chair after vote ‘gyrations’

Kevin Eagleson January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was reelected as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress in a nail-biting first ballot. Johnson secured the speakership 218-215-1. Reps....

Hours before gifting the American public a shutdown for Christmas, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until March 14. Gaylord News Photo / Kevin Eagleson

Congress avoids shutdown in down-to-wire votes

Kevin Eagleson December 21, 2024

WASHINGTON – Narrowly avoiding the September’s stopgap spending bill expiration, Congress passed a new spending bill to keep the government open until March 14, 2025. The legislation called a continuing...

On Tuesday evening, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) unveiled a stopgap spending bill to continue government funding until March 14. Hours later, billionaire and close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk unleashed a flurry of tweets criticizing the bill. On Wednesday, Trump rejected the bill and called on Republicans to pass a clean spending bill that includes a debt ceiling increase. // Office of Speaker Mike Johnson

Spending bill dead following Trump, Elon Musk rejection

Kevin Eagleson December 18, 2024

WASHINGTON — Less than a day after Congressional leadership came to a bipartisan agreement on a new stopgap spending bill, or continuing resolution, that included farm aid and disaster relief, the agreement...

As the Dec. 20 expiration of the September stopgap funding package looms, Congressional leadership has been in tense negotiations over the inclusion of additional funding for disaster relief and economic assistance for farmers.

Stopgap funding package to include farm aid following pressure campaign

Kevin Eagleson December 18, 2024

WASHINGTON - As the stopgap funding bill’s Friday expiration date looms, Congressional leaders said they have reached a bipartisan deal to keep the government open amid pressure to provide economic assistance...

President-elect Donald Trump has renewed calls to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, a longtime goal of the Republican party. Experts believe abolishing the department won’t impact federal funding for public schools in Oklahoma. //Kevin Eagleson Gaylord News

House delegation supported goal for axing Education Department unlikely to cut funding

Kevin Eagleson December 13, 2024

WASHINGTON – As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office, the Republican goal to abolish the Department of Education is back on the table with the support of Oklahoma’s U.S....

The House of Representatives passed the annual defense spending package known as the National Defense Authorization Act early Wednesday evening in a 281 to 140 vote.

House passes 2025 NDAA with focus on quality of life improvements

Kevin Eagleson December 11, 2024

WASHINGTON — The U.S.House passed on Wednesday a $895.2 billion National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 281-140. All five of Oklahoma’s representatives voted in favor of the spending package...

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