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Yesterday, Gov. Phil Murphy officially legalized marijuana in New Jersey, the House Budget Committee passed an expensive aid package, and the Supreme Court rejected Trump.

Over the weekend, Professor Katz responded to the Prince’s investigation, and we heard good news about the COVID-19 pandemic both on campus and across the world.

For the past seven days, a winter storm has rocked the state of Texas. But why Texas? What made this winter storm so catastrophic for them, while the rest of the country largely persisted? And what can states do to protect against these disasters in the future? Today, we talk through these questions and more with Jesse Jenkins, an assistant professor at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Envi...

The Ivy League announced the cancellation of its spring sports season, Texas continues to face extreme conditions, and a NASA rover landed on Mars.

New Jersey has announced a new program aimed at decreasing inequities in vaccine distribution, and winter weather continues to devastate Texas and much of the nation.

Princeton professor Keith Wailoo was awarded an international honor. Yesterday, bad weather caused power outages across Texas, as the fallout from the Capitol riot and Trump’s second impeachment continued.

Former-President Donald Trump was acquitted for a historic second time in the Senate, Myanmar continues to face challenges to its democracy, and protestors in Princeton demand a more democratic University.

Last month, The Marriage Pact survey swept through campus, promising to find students “their optimal marital back-up plans” through a mathematical algorithm. The ‘Prince’ podcast team partnered with The Prospect to see how the social experiment fared on Princeton’s campus.  On this Valentine’s Day episode of Daybreak, we speak with Phoebe Park ’21 and Andrew White ’23 — a USG officer who helped br...

Yesterday, the Ivy League made a long-hoped-for about face with regards to athlete eligibility during the pandemic, and President Biden announced a deal that doubles the nation’s total vaccine capacity.

Yesterday, new evidence was introduced in the Senate impeachment trial, and new guidance was issued on how to best stay safe from COVID-19.

Yesterday, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate officially began, and a Minnesotan man shot five people at a health clinic. Congress deliberates over a COVID-19 stimulus package.

Today, the Senate begins the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump. In western Europe, tensions rose between several nations and Russia.

A glacial break in India caused a fatal dam failure, as people of Myanmar protest against last week's coup. Around the world, both the current and former President continue to feature in the news, as President Biden prepares his agenda and President Trump faces another Senate trial.

For the past three weeks, Princeton students on campus have been spitting in tubes twice a week, putting those tubes into drop boxes not unlike a library deposit, and waiting around a day to find out whether or not they need to quarantine. This test for SARS-CoV-2, the RNA virus that causes COVID-19, has become a bit of a magic black box. What goes on between drop off and results? And what’s up wi...

Yesterday, the Prince reported on alleged inappropriate conduct between a Princeton professor and three female alumni over the last two decades. In town, a gas leak shut down Palmer Square. Elsewhere, the U.S. House voted to restrict a congresswoman and the International Criminal Court delivered a conviction.

Yesterday, the Department of Justice dropped a case that might have implications for Princeton. Today, Senate Democrats will move forward in the process of passing a COVID-19 relief bill.

Yesterday, campus reopened after the snow, Washington prepared for Trump’s second impeachment trial, and a famous Princeton alum announced he's stepping down.

Yesterday, House Democrats delivered an ultimatum to their colleagues across the aisle about a controversial congresswoman, as Biden met with GOP Senators to discuss a stimulus package.

Yesterday, a group of 10 Republican Senators proposed their own COVID relief bill. Early this morning, the military of Myanmar staged a coup. Today, Princeton is closed as a Nor’easter threatens to bring over a foot of snow to The Orange Bubble as classes start with most of the student body back on campus.

In the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol riots, Democrats began citing the slow response by the D.C. National Guard as a new argument for D.C. Statehood. Earlier this month, Daybreak's Jack Anderson sat down with Princeton politics professor Paul Frymer to discuss the D.C. statehood movement – why it’s important, what precedent it has, and what chance it stands in Congress. Episode by Jack Ande...

It may feel like years ago, but just two weeks ago Democrats took control of the Senate with Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff winning runoff elections in Georgia. In a previous episode, we gave our best interpretation of the state of the races; in this episode, we’ll break down what happened. We’ll also speak with Politics Prof. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan about the consequences of this race for souther...

Yesterday, President Trump became the first President in U.S. history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. Before that historic moment, more than 300 historians and constitutional scholars, including seven Princeton faculty members, signed a joint statement in support of impeachment. Daybreak sat down with three of those scholars, Professor of History Sean Wilentz, Researcher at...