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Representatives of the 47 student athletes assemble on stage on the South Lawn at the White House before Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at College Athlete Day.  (Photo by Ben Dackiw/Gaylord News)

OU Women’s Gymnastics honored at White House

With President Joe Biden sidelined by way of a root canal, Vice President Kamala Harris took over the first College Athlete Day at the White House on Monday, June 12, where OU Women’s Gymnastics was...

U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) confronts Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) after the 14th of the 15 votes it took to confirm McCarthy as Speaker of the House. (C-Span Video)

No solution on horizon to GOP divide in House of Representatives

Ben Dackiw June 8, 2023

WASHINGTON – Despite the Republicans holding the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the divisions in the GOP caucus has led to complete gridlock with members sent home after a two-day standoff. On...

Oklahoma Pitcher Braxton Douthit delivers a pitch during his complete game effort against the Army Black Knights.

It takes an army: Sooners stay alive with win over West Point

Ben Dackiw June 3, 2023

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia –The Oklahoma Sooners staved off elimination Saturday with a 10-1 win over the Army Black Knights behind a complete game by starting pitcher Braxton Douthit. OU lived to...

A Sooner baseball player winds up his swing while East Carolina players watch prior to their Friday night matchup. The Sooners lost to the Pirates 14 – 5.

Damage Done: Sooners falter in opener against East Carolina

Ben Dackiw June 3, 2023

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – Almost exactly a year ago, the Oklahoma Sooners opened the NCAA Tournament with a massive 16-3 win over Liberty in the Gainesville Regional. After being one of the “last...

The April 19, 2023, tornado is shown bearing down on the National Weather Service Severe Storms building in Norman moments before it shifted further south. (Photo provided by the National Weather Service).

Weather response legislation on the way from Oklahoma delegation

Ben Dackiw May 29, 2023

WASHINGTON –  With their home state of Oklahoma hit by dozens of tornadoes already in 2023, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Cheyenne) and Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma City) have been pushing for weather-response...

United States Capitol on April 26, 2023  (Gaylord News photo/Noah Mack)

Oklahoma House members coalesce around McCarthy’s debt plan after last-minute concessions

Noah Mack April 26, 2023

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House narrowly voted Wednesday to raise the debt limit with full support from the Oklahoma delegation—although Rep. Josh Brecheen remained undecided until the final...

Transgender girls and women were banned in 2021 from participating in womens sports teams in schools and colleges in Oklahoma. Photo Illustration/ Human Rights Campaign.

Oklahoma delegation cites Title IX after passage of bill banning transgender athletes in women’s and girls’ sports

Gabriela Tumani April 26, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Oklahoma delegation said allowing transgender women and girls in sports undermines the purpose of Title IX, after House Republicans passed a bill that would ban transgender...

Rayburn House Office Building in D.C. where Dr. Hott attended a committee hearing Mar. 29 to discuss challenges faced by rural communities in the U.S. 
(Gaylord News photo/Gabriela Tumani)

OU professor says university’s rural Oklahoma initiatives are making a difference

Gabriela Tumani April 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An University of Oklahoma professor who says the university’s initiatives in rural Oklahoma schools are making a difference went to Washington recently to lobby for more money where...

Tulsa math teacher at Union High School Rebecka Peterson speaking at the White House Rose Garden Monday, April 24, 2022 (Gaylord News photo/Noah Mack)

Her name means “bearer of good news”—Tulsa math teacher receives Teacher of the Year at the White House

Noah Mack April 24, 2023

WASHINGTON - National Teacher of the Year winner Rebecka Peterson—a high school math instructor in Tulsa—championed a unifying message of hope as her profession faces a stifling staffing shortage. Peterson,...

Some in the Oklahoma delegation double down on 2020 election concerns despite Fox/Dominion settlement.

Some in the Oklahoma delegation double down on 2020 election concerns despite Fox/Dominion settlement.

Noah Mack April 21, 2023

WASHINGTON - Despite Fox News paying nearly $800 million in a defamation suit to settle false election claims it aired, members of the Oklahoma delegation say they still have concerns about the 2020 election’s...

A creek near Cushing, Oklahoma, will remain under state environmental jurisdiction as long as the WOTUS rule is suspended.  (Gaylord News Photo/Brooklyn Wayland)

Federal judge pauses Biden’s WOTUS in 26 states pending high court decision

Noah Mack April 14, 2023

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma has joined over half of the country in halting a Biden administration rule that would expand federal environmental regulations over the nation’s water bodies, throwing the state’s...

U.S. Capitol building in Washington. (Gaylord News // Noah Mack)

Oklahoma delegation at odds in effort to repeal Iraq War authorization

Noah Mack March 30, 2023

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma’s two senators voted to oppose the bipartisan repeal of the two-decade-old Iraq War military authorization, citing safety concerns for Americans still stationed there, despite Rep....

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