politics of the united states

Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
Commentary, Nation World
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Feb 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...
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Trump, Musk are upending a broken status quo
Commentary, Nation World
SUSAN SHELLEY The Orange County Register 
Feb 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — A screeching effort has failed to stopTrump White HouseadvisorElon Muskfrom seeing the government’s books and flagging waste, frau...
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Nominating petitions available for Salamanca BoE election
Cattaraugus County, Local News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 17, 2025
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has announced nominating petitions are available for this year’s school board election on May 2...
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Local News, News, NY State News
ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press 
Feb 14, 2025
ALBANY — A Texas judge has ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a r...
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Money for their old schools
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 12, 2025
All universities send emails and letters to their alumni in the hopes of securing donations for future students. Members of the House of Representativ...
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Overcoming our modern-day house divided
Commentary, Nation World
DANIEL LIPINSKI RealClearPolitics 
Feb 12, 2025
With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk of concern about the futu...
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No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
Commentary, Nation World
HANS VON SPAKOVSKY and SETH LUCAS 
Feb 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like spoiled children finally told “no” by their parents, bureaucrats and beneficiaries of wasteful government largesse are howling...
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NY Democrats put election law change on hold
Daily Headlines, News, NY State News
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 10, 2025
New York Democrats appeared to veer away Monday from controversial legislation that could have kept Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s North Countr...
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