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Free plane is an awful look
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2025
President Donald Trump celebrates controversy. He also must revel in unnecessarily gifting his political opponents issues to exploit. That would appea...
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Trump’s budget erases DOGE savings
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency says it has cut $165 billion of wasteful spending from the federal government, based on its self-reported numb...
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Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
May 08, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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Other Voices: Oath of honor
Opinion, Сolumns
May 06, 2025
Our elected state and federal officials take an oath of office, many with their hand on a Bible. Common in these oaths is a venerated commitment to pr...
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Pell still works for American education
Opinion, Сolumns
THOMAS P. FOLEY 
Apr 25, 2025
There’s a lot of disagreement on higher education these days. One exception to all the discord, at least so far, are Pell Grants — a program that is e...
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Bumbling Hegseth a huge liability for Trump
Opinion, Сolumns
JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Apr 23, 2025
BOSTON (TNS) — Donald Trump can’t get rid of Pete Hegseth fast enough as the tough talking former Fox News host looks more and more like a huge liabil...
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Trump’s most vital job is the nation’s morale
Opinion, Сolumns
DONNIE COLLINS The Times-Tribune, Scranton 
Apr 16, 2025
SCRANTON (TNS) — In November,Donald Trumpwon the presidency with 49.8 percent of the popular vote. That was up three percentage points from his 2020 l...
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Other Voices: Doing what must be done
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 14, 2025
People around here are complaining about President Donald Trump's methods. Former President Joe Biden and his far left pals hurt us by opening the bor...
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Hands Off rally in Bradford Saturday
Local News, News
Apr 03, 2025
David Fitz, leader of the group Bradford for Democracy, has organized a Hands Off rally to be held noon to 1 p.m. Saturday in Bradford. The rally, hel...
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Shore up security concerns
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 27, 2025
Washington is aflutter with the latest Trump “gotcha,” this one involving the revelation that White House officials mistakenly included a journalist o...
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Casey is back, warns middle class about funding cuts
Opinion, Сolumns
GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Mar 27, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Months after facing a painful election loss that ended his 18 years representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, former U.S. Sen. ...
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No defense for Team Trump’s national security blunder
Opinion, Сolumns
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Mar 26, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Over the past 48 hours, President Donald Trump’s national security team has looked like a pack of amateurs. On Monday, The Atlantic...
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Democrats’ filibuster flip-flop
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 25, 2025
Democrats were against the filibuster before they were for it. The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a v...
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