Supreme Court debates reversing President Trump’s tariffs
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer On Nov. 5 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the legality of President Trump’s tariffs. The tariffs that were instituted in April have had profound impacts in the business world, including increased prices for consumers for imported goods, higher costs for businesses who partner with companies outside the U.S.…
Exploring the financial impact of the Amazon Web Services outage on Amazon
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer On Oct. 20 2025, students and faculty alike across La Salle University’s campus were greeted with a Canvas outage. Canvas is a platform that La Salle University and many other colleges across the nation rely upon to host communication between faculty and students, allowing students to view and submit assignments and…
Increasing percentage of investors worsen home-buying crisis
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer An increasing trend in 2025 is the purchase of single-family homes by investors. While this trend has been prevalent for quite some time, 2025 has ushered in record highs. However, before exploring the effect of heightened investor purchases, it is essential to first understand the current housing market. As it stands,…
Government shutdown ensues due to impasse in Congress
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer As of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025, the US government has officially entered a shutdown. Each year, Congress is responsible for passing a bill allocating funding for the upcoming fiscal year. These funds are allocated to various federal agencies and make up in essence the budget for the federal government. However,…
What the no tax on tips and overtime policies really mean
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer On July 3, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed and with it came provisions that sparked interest among tipped and overtime workers. President Trump largely ran on a platform that advocated for no tax on tips and with the passage of the bill, it would seem that this concept…
President Trump launches ‘Truth Social’ investment accounts
Hailey Whitlock, Staff Writer On Apr. 15, 2025, the Trump Media and Technology Group, the social media company President Trump founded following his first four years in office, announced the decision to join with Yorkville American Equities and Index Technologies Group to launch Truth Social advertised as Separately Managed Accounts. This choice to join two…
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