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Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 9, 2020
Democratic candidate Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, after days of ballot counting and uncertainty. Biden received more votes in the 2020 election than any other presidential candidate in the country’s history. Biden, 77, defeated President Donald Trump after he was projected to win Pennsylvania and secured 290
Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
With several states still counting ballots, no clear winner has been determined and the 2020 presidential election is expected to continue for days. Trump secured the electoral votes of battleground states including Florida, Ohio and Iowa early Wednesday, but a number of other key states — Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — are still too
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
7 p.m. — President Donald Trump wins Kentucky, and Democrat Joe Biden wins Vermont, the Associated Press reports. 7:10 p.m. — Flaherty Hall: As the first polls begin to close, the energy in Flaherty Hall is almost like any other night. Watch parties have not yet begun, and students shuffle out the doors to get
Isabella Volmert | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Associate News Editor Isabella Volmert talked to Notre Dame political science experts over the course of Tuesday night as the primary votes came in across the country. 6:44 p.m. — Joshua Kaplan, political science department’s director of undergraduate studies Isabella Volmert: Looking to the rest of the night, this presidential election is very different than
Aidan O'Malley | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Back in 2014, director David Fincher — in a rare public appearance — spoke at San Diego Comic-Con at a panel celebrating the 15th anniversary of his cult film turned classic, “Fight Club.” While there, the two-time Oscar nominee shared a story. ”My daughter had a friend named Max,” he said. “She told me
Clark Bowden | Thursday, October 15, 2020
Donald Trump may be one of the best things to happen to America. Now for those of you who have read my columns before (a number I’m fairly certain I could count on two hands), you know me to be a left wing bleeding heart liberal … and you’d be correct. So my opening sentence
Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 2, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett is, ostensibly, a very intelligent and principled individual. She also strikes great disappointment and shame in me as a Notre Dame student and prospective lawyer. Over the last few days, Notre Dame has been invoked alongside Barrett’s name. Her graduation at the top of her class in 1997 is used to justify
Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The highly-anticipated first 2020 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden took place Tuesday with no opening handshake due to COVID-19 and several reminders to both candidates to respect the allotted time of each candidate. Throughout the night, tension rose as Trump continued to talk over Biden, who eventually told Trump to “shut up.”
Observer Staff Report | Saturday, September 26, 2020
President Donald Trump nominated Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett to be the newest Supreme Court justice Saturday, replacing the late liberal-leaning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In a press conference Saturday, Trump said Barrett’s qualifications are “unsurpassed,” and he expects her confirmation hearing to be “extremely uncontroversial.” “I pledge to discharge the responsibilities of
Clark Bowden | Thursday, September 17, 2020
Remember former President Barack Obama’s Vice President? The long-term senator famous for reaching across the aisle? The guy who won the Presidential Medal of Freedom and then ran away with his party’s nomination despite being significantly out fundraised? Remember him? His name is Joe Biden, and despite what you might think, he is actually one