Jeff Himmelman knocked on wood multiple times while he spoke at a barren table in Medill Dean Brad Hamm’s conference room Thursday morning. During a half-hour Q-and-A with The Daily, he admits to...

Over the last few years, the way we have consumed breaking news has changed radically. Now we live-tweet anything and everything resembling news. Just a few years ago, before Twitter became as popular...

Cody Keenan (Weinberg ’02) will assume the role of President Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter and is slated to take the lead in writing next week’s State of the Union address. The Los Angeles...

In August 2011, the White House and Congress reached an agreement on deficit reduction that many thought was a smart move. If no deal for long-term deficit reduction was in place by Jan. 1, 2013 then a...