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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
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A measure of accountability in Washington in 2023
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A measure of accountability in Washington in 2023
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jan 03, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — In the spirit of the season, how about a glass-half-full view of our parlous politics in 2023? Whatever else it was, 2023 was a yea...
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Iran and its pawns are escalating
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Iran and its pawns are escalating
Jan 02, 2024
For all President Biden’s desperate desire to avoid “escalation” in the Middle East, United States forces on Sunday sank three Houthi boats trying to ...
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Hope for the 2024 foreign policy outlook
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Hope for the 2024 foreign policy outlook
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Jan 01, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Almost everything I hope for when it comes to foreign policy in 2024 seems outlandishly Pollyanna-ish. But a person has the right...
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GOP, be honest about elections
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GOP, be honest about elections
Jan 01, 2024
In recent weeks, Congress has stripped a senator of his committee chairmanship pending a bribery investigation, expelled a House member for egregious ...
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Blue to red state migration continues
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Blue to red state migration continues
Dec 29, 2023
The latest Census data finds that on present course six progressive states would lose 12 House seats in 2030 reapportionment. The migrant border mess ...
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Confession of a public-health expert
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Confession of a public-health expert
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 29, 2023
The public-health officials are getting around to admitting the fallibility of public-health officials. The former head of the National Institutes of ...
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Neither Trump nor Biden deserves America’s vote
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Neither Trump nor Biden deserves America’s vote
NICOLE RUSSELL Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
Dec 29, 2023
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — The year 2024 is almost upon us, which means another election year, another chance for American voters to participate in our...
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Incompetent U.N. dares to lecture Israel
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Incompetent U.N. dares to lecture Israel
Dec 28, 2023
Israel faces increasing pressure from the usual suspects to stand down in its war with Hamas. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently noted, ...
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Put teeth on this watchdog
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Put teeth on this watchdog
Dec 28, 2023
All we want for Christmas is a functional state ethics enforcement body, instead of one trapped in legal limbo While editorial boards are definitely i...
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U.S. Steel was already gone
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U.S. Steel was already gone
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Dec 28, 2023
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Sawdust. Horseshoes. Eggs on spoons. Water balloons. This is not an attempt at free-verse poetry. These are the images that come to...
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Holding on to Christmas
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Holding on to Christmas
DEB WUETHRICH 
Dec 28, 2023
There are basically two camps of holiday people — the early decorators and those who wait at least until after Thanksgiving. It’s just as true for pos...
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Could a third party be the answer we need in 2024?
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Could a third party be the answer we need in 2024?
Doug Gansler The Baltimore Sun (TNS) 
Dec 27, 2023
Four more years of a Trump presidency would take an enormous toll on America and its democracy. Polling continues to trend in Donald Trump’s direction...
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Banning Trump from ballot is one way to fix election
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Banning Trump from ballot is one way to fix election
TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Dec 25, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — What are Democrats so afraid of? The way they’re acting, you would think that Joe Biden hadn’t beaten Donald Trump for the presidency...
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Ways to help victims of war this holiday season
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Ways to help victims of war this holiday season
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Dec 22, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — This holiday season is a bleak time for Ukrainian civilians facing another winter of brutal Russian bombing — especially when GOP...
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