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Charles Perry of London joins more than 20,000 people gathering to protest against Great Britain leaving the European Union on Saturday, July 2, 2016, in central London, where marchers made their way to Parliament Square. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Britain’s future still uncertain after Brexit: An update on Britain’s exit from the EU

Kristen Schimmoller | Contributing Writer August 31, 2016

Britain left the European Union (EU) after a referendum vote on June 23. A tally of the polls revealed a near dead-even split with 52 percent wanting to leave and 48 percent wanting to stay. The vote left...

UN accuses Syrian government and ISIL of chemical warfare

Malia Benison | Assistant News Editor August 28, 2016

This past Wednesday, the United Nations concluded an investigative report that found the Syrian government, as well as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, guilty of using chemical weapons against...

Mike Pence expected to speak about the economy

Steven M. Falk | The Tribune News August 23, 2016

Mike Pence comes to speak at the Wilmington area just two weeks after Donald Trump made his controversial visit to the Port City, illustrating the Republican Party's enthusiasm to win North Carolina in...

Republican VP candidate Mike Pence to speak in Wilmington area

Hannah Williams, News Editor August 23, 2016

Just two weeks after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his visit to Wilmington at UNC Wilmington's Trask Coliseum, Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, will hold a rally at Manufacturing...

OPINION: Politics 2016—student involvement and lack thereof

Helen Rogalski, Managing Editor August 18, 2016

I think we can all agree that the 2016 presidential campaigns have not turned out the way we expected. Where to begin? Many were surprised with the Bernie Sanders campaign gaining immeasurable momentum...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in UNCW's Trask Coliseum about major problems within the United States political system on Tuesday as a part of his 2016 campaign. 

Locals and UNCW students react to Trump’s Trask rally

Robert Manion | Contributing Writer August 9, 2016

The UNCW College Republicans and the Campaign for Donald Trump hosted a rally for the Republican presidential candidate in Trask Coliseum at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.It was the Trump campaign's first visit to...

Hundreds of supporters gathered on the coliseum floor.

Trump stirs controversy with address at Trask

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor August 9, 2016

A quick turn of events brought Donald J. Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee for President of the United States, to UNC Wilmington’s campus Tuesday afternoon, where a capacity crowd awaited him...

Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a press conference at Trump National Doral July 27, 2016 in Miami, Fla. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/TNS)

UNCW College Republicans bring Trump to Trask

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief August 7, 2016

Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a press conference at Trump National Doral July 27, 2016 in Miami, Fla. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/TNS)

Obama: Clinton more qualified than I was

Hannah Williams, News Editor July 28, 2016

President Barack Obama delivered a passionate plea last night for the American people to elect his former cabinet member Hillary Clinton. His message was steeped in patriotism, bashes against Republican...

DNC’s first day illustrates party’s deep divide

Hannah Williams, News Editor July 26, 2016

The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia has not yet brought the party to unity like its leaders might have hoped. The DNC’s first day of caucuses, councils and speeches served to illustrate...

Trump chooses Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as running mate

Hannah Williams, News Editor July 15, 2016

In a tweet that confirmed widespread speculation, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced Friday morning that he had chosen Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate. Pence...

Sanders vows to continue campaigning all the way to convention

Hannah Williams | News Editor June 5, 2016

Though the underdogs of the Republican nomination race have all ended their campaigns, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged to continue his campaign past the primary season and to the...

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