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Donald Trump and the coming ordeal in 2024
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BYRON YORK 
Sep 07, 2023
A new Wall Street Journal national poll over the Labor Day weekend has shaken some observers’ views of the 2024 Republican presidential campaign. The ...
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Staying safe in the neighborhood
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DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 06, 2023
When your windows are open in the summer, you hear things. Most likely, eavesdropping isn’t intentional, but you can’t help but pick up bits of conver...
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Taking kids to NY was totally worth it
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CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
Sep 05, 2023
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — When my husband suggested that the kids and I accompany him on a work trip to New York City, I am fairly certain that I laug...
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The federal government has it out for Elon Musk
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SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
Sep 04, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When Elon Musk closed the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on October 27, 2022, he walked into its San Francisco headquarters weari...
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s Jan. 6 charade
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RICH LOWRY 
Sep 01, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks Mike Pence failed. The former vice president is a MAGA villain for doing his constitutional duty on Jan. 6, so Ramaswamy has to...
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Labor Day’s forgotten older workers
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CHRISTOPHER D. COOK and THERESA GHILARDUCCI 
Sep 01, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — When we think of workers on Labor Day, who comes to mind? Chances are, it’s not the millions of older workers still toiling in our na...
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Bidenomics robs from poor, gives to donor class
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E.J. ANTONI 
Aug 31, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The radical disconnect between Washington’s ruling elites and working-class folks is perhaps best illustrated by President Joe Bide...
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Long overdue medicine for US health care
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Aug 30, 2023
Congress and President George W. Bush sold out to the pharmaceutical industry when they created the Medicare Part D drug benefit in 2003. They created...
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Hiding NY horse deaths conceals truth about sport
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Aug 30, 2023
SARATOGA SPRINGS (TNS) — Faced with growing criticism over the toll of its sport on horses, the New York Racing Association is more aggressively count...
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Yes, a President Harris is a legitimate issue
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RICH LOWRY 
Aug 29, 2023
Kamala Harris is one of the most prominent people in the United States, with the potential that at any moment she could inherit some of the most fears...
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Republicans divided over foreign policy
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Aug 28, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, eight Republican presidential candidates did something unusual: They held a serious debate about foreign policy, focused...
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Cultivate clean agriculture
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Aug 27, 2023
At 89, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa probably isn’t considering a second career. But if he should, his recent comments point to a future in s...
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