The June 30 deadline for a final Iranian nuclear deal seemed to be within reach just a week ago. Key impasses between the negotiating parties had been overcome, and the rhetoric coming out of Iran’s...

This Friday will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide. It was on this day in 1915 that Ottoman authorities (present day Turkey) arrested more than 250 Armenian community leaders and intellectuals...

New research has been released on e-cigarettes, on the heels of the UI decision to ban these devices on campus as “tobacco products.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that...

The great thing about time is that it always comes back to bite you, at least in this hash-tag-ridden version of the universe. You don’t think so? Just wait. Take Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the...

The location for the controversial construction of the Chauncey Tower in downtown Iowa City garnered a 3-3 split among members of the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Committee on April 16. As a result, the...

Iowa State’s campus is playing host to a federal investigation in regards to a sexual-assault case, where the father of the victim, who remains anonymous for the protection of her identity, filed...

If there is any part of the political experience that I enjoy more than any other, it is seeing two consummate professionals debate one another. There is just something about watching individuals using...

Thursday, Georgia legalized medical marijuana, making it the 24th state in the United States to do so. Nine other states have pending legislation to do so, including Iowa. A medical marijuana bill here...

The Congressional Budget Office recently released its Monthly Budget Review for March. The results showed that the federal government has taxed more and spent more during the beginning of fiscal 2015 compared...

The crowdfunding websites GoFundMe and Indiegogo have both shut down pages dedicated to raising money for former South Carolina police Officer Michael Slager in the past week. Crowdfunding is a model...

Last week, according to CNN, NASA’s chief scientist Ellen Stofan made the claim that by 2025 we will have strong indications of extraterrestrial life and that in 20 to 30 years we will have definite...

Economically liberal Democrats have little to look forward to in D.C. Both of the most-likely candidates for Democratic Party leadership (Hillary Clinton and Sen. Charles Schumer, White House and Senate...