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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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Other Voices: Save public media
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
Recently, the current administration indicated that they want to eliminate all funding for America’s public TV and radio stations, going as far as tak...
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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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DOGE alone isn’t enough
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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Other Voices: Trump’s economic chaos
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2025
In a recent edition of The Bradford Era, Congressman Glenn Thompson stated that President Donald Trump's first months have been "very effective." Is e...
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McCormick introduces term limits resolution
Nation & World, News, PA State News
Apr 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to implement term limits in Con...
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Lawmakers make bank on stocks
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 02, 2025
The DOGE-damners on Capitol Hill are going to hate Elon Musk’s latest target: Congressional wallets. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night...
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Pennsylvanians join term-limit push
Nation & World, News, Opinion, ...
CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Mar 12, 2025
Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, has introduced a concurrent resolution calling Pennsylvania to join states seeking a constitutional amendment for ...
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Legal minds fight over DOGE
Nation & World, News
LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
Mar 10, 2025
WASHINGTON – Since launching in January, the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has sparked both support and outrage...
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Actually, tax cuts will mean a huge deficit
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
Mar 07, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — In Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s bril...
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Secure Rural Schools program not yet renewed
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Mar 07, 2025
The clock is ticking on legislation that gives a financial boost to rural schools with federal land in their districts. In December, the U.S. House fa...
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7 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL WILNER and FAITH E. PINHO Los Angeles Times 
Mar 05, 2025
WASHINGTON(TNS) — President Donald Trump laid out an aggressive approach to “renewing the American dream” in his address to a joint session of Congres...
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