The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Editorial: Trump’s firing of official is ridiculous

Staff Editorial November 17, 2020

President Trump does not seem to be giving up in his fight to invalidate the election results. On Tuesday, he fired Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...

Editorial: We hope safety is everybody’s top priority

Staff Editorial November 17, 2020

With the announcement Monday that Eastern will be shifting to online-only classes following Thanksgiving Break and cancelling Spring Break next semester, we at The Daily Eastern News hope that COVID-19...

Editorial: Trump impeding Biden’s ability to handle COVID-19

Staff Editorial November 15, 2020

President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede after losing the presidential election has definitely made a lot of things uncertain in the near future. Trump will likely leave the White House voluntarily...

Editorial: Trump will not stop spreading conspiracies

Staff Editorial November 13, 2020

We live in a world where the President of the United States spreads baseless conspiracy theories on a regular basis. It has been happening so frequently over the past four years that it almost feels normal....

Editorial: Trump’s pettiness is a threat to security

Staff Editorial November 12, 2020

President Trump's refusal to concede to president-elect Joe Biden is not very surprising. Anyone who has heard Trump speak over the past several years could have expected it, and Trump himself even said...

Editorial: Virus in danger of getting out of control

Staff Editorial November 11, 2020

Yes, this is another editorial about COVID-19. This pandemic, whether you are tired of hearing about it or not, is the defining story of our time. It has killed over 240,000 Americans and more than...

Editorial: Refreshing to see Biden taking COVID seriously

Staff Editorial November 9, 2020

After watching President Trump downplay and straight up ignore the COVID-19 pandemic over the past eight or nine months has been unbelievably frustrating. He has been trying to downplay the virus as...

Editorial: Biden/Harris win a major moment in U.S. history

Staff Editorial November 9, 2020

Perhaps the strangest and most exciting election in American history finally wrapped up over the weekend, when it was finally announced that Democratic nominee Joe Biden seemed to have enough electoral...

Editorial: Editorial board’s endorsements for local races

Staff Editorial October 29, 2020

Editor's note: There was a typo in the U.S. Senator for Illinois's 15th District subheadline that was corrected at 9:37 a.m. Friday. The News regrets this error. State’s Attorney The editorial board...

Editorial: Study finds alarming new COVID side effects

Staff Editorial October 28, 2020

Two stories from Reuters on Tuesday detailed studies conducted by scientists at Imperial College London that seemingly discovered two new issues surrounding COVID-19. Neither study has been peer reviewed...

Editorial: Supreme Court nomination of Barrett upsetting

Staff Editorial October 27, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett was appointed to the United States Supreme Court Monday following a Senate vote along party lines. According to The Associated Press, it was the first time in modern politics that a...

Editorial: Trump keeps lying as election day draws near

Staff Editorial October 25, 2020

As election day gets closer and closer, President Donald Trump is busy holding rallies and campaigning. These rallies have been full of lies and false statements from Trump, which may not come as a surprise...

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