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    Trump and GOP Congress, big spenders
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump and GOP Congress, big spenders
    DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
    May 21, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — I’ve often railed at Democrats’ failure to revamp federal immigration law during the two years President Joe Biden enjoyed a Democr...
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    VA has the people, now it needs the infrastructure
    Commentary, Nation World
    VA has the people, now it needs the infrastructure
    SEAN O'CONNOR RealClearPolitics 
    May 21, 2025
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stands alone in purpose and scale — tasked with caring for millions who've served. For all its significance, t...
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    The Biden health saga should remind the media to tell the truth
    Commentary, Nation World
    The Biden health saga should remind the media to tell the truth
    May 21, 2025
    Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leadi...
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    Quantum computing could be the future of drug development
    Commentary, Nation World
    Quantum computing could be the future of drug development
    F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 20, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the first and most promising uses scientists envision for the rapidly evolving technology of quantum computing is a new approa...
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    Army parade will cost millions
    Commentary, Nation World
    Army parade will cost millions
    May 20, 2025
    The U.S. Army plans to spend between $25 million and $45 million on a parade in Washington D.C., and that’s just the start of the expense. The dollar ...
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    Trump’s polling better than media thinks
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s polling better than media thinks
    J.T. YOUNG RealClearPolitics 
    May 20, 2025
    The dispersed shot-pattern of President Trump’s approval ratings proves he’s still confounding pollsters. For weeks, and especially since Trump’s anno...
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    Mind your business, we’ll mind ours
    Commentary, Nation World
    Mind your business, we’ll mind ours
    NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    May 19, 2025
    DETROIT (TNS) — President Donald Trump redefined America's role in the world during last week's four-day trip to the Middle East. Since World War II, ...
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    Time to finally fix New York’s broken budget process
    Commentary, New York
    Time to finally fix New York’s broken budget process
    ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY 
    May 19, 2025
    The recently passed 2025-26 budget was the latest in 15 years. One would think the extra time would have yielded better results, but the final product...
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    Even Democrats might like MAGA accounts
    Commentary, Nation World
    Even Democrats might like MAGA accounts
    ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 19, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the more remarkable aspects of the MAGA ideology is how often it fulfills the left-wing policy wish list. The latest example i...
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    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    May 16, 2025
    Residents of the Bolivar-Richburg Central School District will vote on the 2025-26 school budget. Along with the budget, there will be decisions to be...
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    Free plane is an awful look
    Commentary, Nation World
    Free plane is an awful look
    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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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Justice is not a fortress
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Justice is not a fortress
    MIKE BLUMENTHAL 
    May 16, 2025
    There’s a longing in the American soul right now — a yearning for justice, for safety, for something that feels firm and unshakeable. I understand tha...
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    Gyrations are distorting investing fundamentals
    Commentary, Nation World
    Gyrations are distorting investing fundamentals
    May 16, 2025
    Tuesday, the S&P 500 edged back into positive territory for 2025. That’s remarkable given that onApril 7, the widely followed stock market index was s...
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    Forcing homes to switch to electric heat is not good policy
    Commentary, New York
    Forcing homes to switch to electric heat is not good policy
    ZILVINAS SILENAS 
    May 16, 2025
    ALBANY — New York has some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country: electric school buses by 2035, zero emissions electricity by 2040, etc....
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    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    Commentary, Nation World
    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 15, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — TheDemocratsare leaderless; theDemocratshave an identity crisis; theDemocratshave lousy approval ratings. None of that precludes them...
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    Qatar’s free gift, a fancy plane, doesn’t fly
    Commentary, Nation World
    Qatar’s free gift, a fancy plane, doesn’t fly
    May 15, 2025
    While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the U.S. military accepting used equipment from another country, President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Bo...
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    Traveling brings challenges and opportunities
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Traveling brings challenges and opportunities
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    May 15, 2025
    I am so tired! But it is a good tired. Yesterday on the road, I wanted to call it “exhaustion,” but that’s such a negative word, especially where ther...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    TERRY P. SCHNELL 
    May 14, 2025
    I have been following the saga of school patrol officer Kurt Ireland on Facebook and social media, attempting to separate fact from fiction. The truth...
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    Biden 2.0: Dems throw Fetterman under the bus
    Commentary, Nation World
    Biden 2.0: Dems throw Fetterman under the bus
    GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    May 14, 2025
    “Truth is not a left-wing value.” Sadly, Dennis Prager’s teaching is correct. He could even consider a corollary: Integrity is not a left-wing value. ...
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    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    BILL HAMMOND 
    May 13, 2025
    ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...
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    Salamanca city assessor recognized for 28 years of service
    Cattaraugus County, Local News
    Salamanca city assessor recognized for 28 years of service
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 21, 2025
    SALAMANCA — After nearly three decades working in the city, Cindi Franklin has retired as Salamanca’s assessor. Franklin was recognized Wednesday, May...
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    Village of Allegany hires Griffith as police chief
    Local News, News
    Village of Allegany hires Griffith as police chief
    Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
    May 21, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The Village of Allegany has a new full-time police chief, as former Alfred chief Paul Griffith was tabbed to fill the role vacant for the b...
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    Buffalo Bills will be featured on Hard Knocks this summer
    Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
    Buffalo Bills will be featured on Hard Knocks this summer
    MATT PARRINO syracuse.com (TNS) 
    May 21, 2025
    The Buffalo Bills have been selected as this year’s NFL team to be featured on Hard Knocks Training Camp on HBO Max for the first time in the organiza...
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    Beyond the Hype: Do Vitamin Powders and IV Drips Deliver Real Health Benefits?
    Health
    Beyond the Hype: Do Vitamin Powders and IV Drips Deliver Real Health Benefits?
    Beth Rush 
    May 21, 2025
    People love boutique health spa services for their hydration needs. Drinking enough daily water is challenging, especially when options like IV drips ...
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    Olean Senior Center announces events schedule
    Local News, News
    Olean Senior Center announces events schedule
    May 21, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of May 26. The center is...
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    Habitat loss, climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help
    News, State
    Habitat loss, climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help
    MARYEL PRYCE and OLIVER BUTLER 
    May 21, 2025
    Editor's Note: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated Press. HONEOYE (AP) — On a rainy March eveni...
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