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    View tariffs as a national security issue
    Commentary, Nation World
    View tariffs as a national security issue
    DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
    Apr 08, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Don’t be a PANICAN,” President Donald Trump cautioned on social media. Critics have questioned the universal tariffs he unleashed ...
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    Letter to the Editor: Libraries would be devastated by loss of funding
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Libraries would be devastated by loss of funding
    Apr 08, 2025
    As director of the Cuba Circulating Library, I write with deep concern over the federal government's decision to eliminate funding for the Institute o...
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    Letter to the Editor: Who are the ‘dangerous extremists’?
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: Who are the ‘dangerous extremists’?
    Apr 08, 2025
    No surprise to read that Congressman Nick Langworthy was unhappy with the coverage of a Tesla protest, fearful that it would escalate “harassment” of ...
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    Reindustrializing a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Commentary, Nation World
    Reindustrializing a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Apr 08, 2025
    President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...
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    Letter to the Editor: Putting Washington on a budget
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Putting Washington on a budget
    Apr 08, 2025
    I voted in the election to stop fraud, waste and abuse. I expect our government to run efficiently and I voted for putting Washington on a budget and ...
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    Trump’s tariff strategy is multifaceted
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s tariff strategy is multifaceted
    RICHARD PORTER RealClearPolitics 
    Apr 07, 2025
    After being criticized for saying in an October speech to the Chicago Economic Club that “‘tariff’ is the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” Dona...
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    Letter to the Editor: Support the incredible resource that is the library
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Support the incredible resource that is the library
    Apr 07, 2025
    I never cease to be amazed by the Olean Public Library. What a treasure it is to this community and the surrounding area. In talking with the staff I ...
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    Trump needs a better game plan
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump needs a better game plan
    Apr 07, 2025
    For those of us who are calling balls and strikes on the Trump administration, the idea of creating a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to sl...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: We are here, standing against Trump
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
    Readers’ Turn to Write: We are here, standing against Trump
    DEB BARYLSKI 
    Apr 07, 2025
    On Saturday, I joined with more than 120 local people protesting President Trump and his administration. We were part of thousands of protests that oc...
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    Don’t make Luigi Mangione a martyr
    Commentary, Nation World
    Don’t make Luigi Mangione a martyr
    Apr 04, 2025
    The death penalty should be off the table for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And not for any reason sympatheti...
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    We used to disagree. Now we don’t talk to each other
    Commentary, Nation World
    We used to disagree. Now we don’t talk to each other
    F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
    Apr 04, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Since the COVID pandemic began five years ago, theU.S.has gone from being merely polarized to split into two separate and incompatibl...
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    Tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda
    Commentary, Nation World
    Tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda
    Apr 04, 2025
    Not yet three months into a second term, President Donald Trump has taken difficult, but necessary, actions to rein in the scope of a federal governme...
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    Did elections in Fla., Wis. reflect changed political environment?
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Did elections in Fla., Wis. reflect changed political environment?
    NATHAN L. GONZALES CQ-Roll Call 
    Apr 03, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — With 19 months to go before the midterm elections, it’s too early to know what the political environment will be like inNovember 20...
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    Troll Canada: Trump keeps hammering neighbor
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Troll Canada: Trump keeps hammering neighbor
    DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
    Apr 03, 2025
    WASHINGTON(TNS)— PresidentDonald Trumplikes to troll Canada. He has been threatening our neighbor to the north with additional tariffs, and he thinks ...
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    Sticking to their story: What crime?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Sticking to their story: What crime?
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Apr 02, 2025
    Sometimes there’s just no explaining Albany. That’s really been true over the past six years of New York state government under one-party control. Tak...
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    New book advances dream
    Commentary, Nation World
    New book advances dream
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    Apr 02, 2025
    I was one of those strange kids in high school who could write well over the mandatory composition word count in English class. I didn’t understand wh...
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    Lawmakers make bank on stocks
    Commentary, Nation World
    Lawmakers make bank on stocks
    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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    Third term? How about Trump stop blowing it on second-term priorities
    Commentary, Nation World
    Third term? How about Trump stop blowing it on second-term priorities
    DAVID MASTIO Kansas City Star 
    Apr 01, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trumpcame into office with mandates to fix three big problemsJoe Bidenhad failed to address: Out-of-control illegal immigrat...
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    NYC spending $20 million to boost World Cup spending
    Commentary, New York
    NYC spending $20 million to boost World Cup spending
    Apr 01, 2025
    New York City is one of the world’s premier tourist destinations, and visitors attending the soccer World Cup next year will likely have no trouble fi...
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    Trump protects America with Venezuela deportations
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump protects America with Venezuela deportations
    SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Apr 01, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Did the Trump administration violate the law by flying Venezuelan migrants out of the country as the ACLU battled in court to prev...
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    Trump protesters turn out again in Olean
    Local News, News
    Trump protesters turn out again in Olean
    By MARCIA M. KELLY Special to Olean Times Herald 
    July 5, 2025
    OLEAN — Demonstrators returned to Lincoln Park on Saturday afternoon, using the Fourth of July weekend to draw focus on their opposition to the polici...
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    What’s in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law
    Local News, National News, News
    What’s in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law
    By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press 
    July 5, 2025
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed the tax and spending cut bill Republicans muscled through Congress this week, turning it into law...
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    Expect the unexpected in nature
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Expect the unexpected in nature
    By WADE ROBERTSON 
    July 5, 2025
    Mother Nature is an all-prevailing force. We exist at her fancy. In her mercy crops are grown, the earth cleaves together, the sun gives life. In her ...
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    Village of Knives Celebration returns July 11-12
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Village of Knives Celebration returns July 11-12
    By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 5, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds will be buzzing with activity July 11 and 12 as knife dealers and collectors across North America a...
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    Fireworks a blast over Bradner Stadium Friday night
    Gallery, Local News, News, ...
    Fireworks a blast over Bradner Stadium Friday night
    July 4, 2025
    OLEAN — The tradition of fireworks over Bradner Stadium to celebrate Independence Day continued Friday night as the Olean Oilers treated the area to b...
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    McNeil’s 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
    National Sports, NY State Sports, Sports
    McNeil’s 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
    July 4, 2025
    NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff McNeil hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Luke Weaver in the seventh inning, leading the New York Mets over the Yankees 6-5 on Fri...
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