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A doomsday clock is ticking
Opinion, Opinion/Columns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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Stefanik will keep on trucking (and Trumping)
Commentary, Nation World, New York
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Apr 14, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — Elise Stefanik suffered a significant disappointment with the world watching. That couldn't have been easy. The Republican congresswoma...
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Trump order targets NY’s Climate Change Superfund Act
Business News, News, NY State News
BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union, Albany 
Apr 10, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this week that directs the U.S. attorney general to evaluate state "climate" laws t...
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New York suddenly wants to be mean to Elon Musk
Commentary, New York
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Apr 10, 2025
COLONIE — Despite a cold and brutal wind, protesters gathered outside Colonie Town Hall on Tuesday evening to express their distaste for Elon Musk. I'...
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JCC Board to meet Tuesday
Cattaraugus County News, Local News
Apr 09, 2025
OLEAN — The SUNY Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the boardrooms of the Jamestown and Cattaraugus County c...
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New York schools defy Trump on DEI programs
News, NY State News
CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Apr 09, 2025
In a forceful pushback, New York education officials are defying the Trump administration's directive to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion pro...
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View tariffs as a national security issue
Commentary, Nation World
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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Langworthy: Take ‘long view’ on tariffs, DOGE efforts
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Apr 08, 2025
Rep. Nick Langworthy says he understands the concern so many Americans have experienced as stocks plunged in the wake of President Donald Trump's swee...
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Olean area protestors say ‘Hands Off!’ to Trump, Musk
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Daily Headlines, ...
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Apr 08, 2025
OLEAN — More than 200 demonstrators turned out Saturday in Olean to protest against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, criticizing the ...
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Trump’s tariff strategy is multifaceted
Commentary, Nation World
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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Trump needs a better game plan
Commentary, Nation World
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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