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WASHINGTON (TNS) — To say Americans are dissatisfied with the state of the economy is an understatement. Polls since late 2021 have consistently shown majority disapproval on the economy, usua…

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Kamala Harris is now attacking Donald Trump for mourning with the families of fallen service members. Even in a heated political environment, that’s shameful.

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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like Joe Biden last June, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is the candidate with the most at stake when the two general election nominees appear together next week for the f…

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BANGKOK — The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to New York’s governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about Chi…

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Like the “Jeopardy!” game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo of 1973-74 catalyzed decades of energy policy, inc…

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The Portville school district sends out a newsletter to all residents each August. I always read it with interest, even though this issue is largely about back-to-school welcomes from administrators.

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With the first opportunity to vote early just days away, the presidential election is about to move from mere theory to practical applications. That is to say, the main event, which Americans …

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Dale Smith’s misogynistic harangue and blanket condemnation of today’s ethos in his letter to the editor last week sadly reflects the opinion of the majority of males here in Upper Appalachia.…

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September is National PACE Month, and Total Senior Care invites our communities to visit our facilities and see firsthand why the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is the id…

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WASHINGTON (TNS) — When the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Biden-Harris administration’s latest student loan bailout scheme, it potentially saved American taxpayers nearly half a …

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I’ve had a good life, learning and traveling and am lucky enough here in the UK [United Kingdom] to be allowed an assisted death which I hope will be reasonably soon. I’m surprised at how many…

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The straightforward fact remains that every time New Yorkers go the grocery store, or the gas station, or to buy back-to-school supplies for their children, or to the mailbox to retrieve their…

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ALBANY — For the fourth time in six years, the president of New York’s largest health-care union, George Gresham of 1199SEIU, has won the top spot on the “Labor Power 100” list from City &…

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WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Kamala Harris first sought the presidency in 2019, she ‘leaned left, backing Medicare for all, urging a ban on the oil recovery process known as fracking, praising the …

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{div id=”shared_title”}Between 2013 and 2022, 15 nonprofits each received more than $1 billion from the federal government for foreign, nonmilitary projects, according to a new report from the…

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NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s routine practice for government officials to kill animals deemed invasive or destructive. For the most part, Americans accept this or look the other way — especially if t…

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Democrats this past week in Chicago seemed to pull off what they sought to accomplish: unite the Democratic Party, drown out the progressive wing of the party and emphasize a more centrist-y p…

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The evidence against rent control is vast and continues to pile high. The latest example comes from Argentina.

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The great Kamala Harris remake began with abandon in Chicago, with eager Democrats enthusiastically anointing the vice president as their 2024 presidential nominee. Joe Biden is now a distant memory.

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With Labor Day coming around the corner, summer is officially coming to a close. Now’s a great time to run out to the store and pick up Halloween decorations!

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CHICAGO — Over and over, from the massive stage in the electric convention hall, the Democrats this week predicted that Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump. They described her as a histori…

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (TNS) — When Democrats want to be safe, they implement Republican policies. Just look at the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago.

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Have you had a chance to experience and appreciate the beauty of our state recently? It’s so easy to take our surroundings for granted. Most of us can see it from our own yards—if we’re lookin…

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Here in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, our United Way helps people make a difference for our neighbors, especially when it comes to health, youth opportunity, and economic security.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Anyone who has gone fishing, caught one, and had it wiggle out of their hands, knows that while a fish is flopping around searching for a way back to the water, there is…

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CHICAGO (TNS) — It must have been a rough plane ride for President Joe Biden and his family, who left the White House for Chicago so he could address a Democratic National Convention that joyf…

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Everyone is talking about the Democratic National Convention, which got underway Monday in Chicago, but our minds turned to what we saw, or rather what we did not see, at the Republican Nation…

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Last month, for the first time since March 2021, the consumer price index— the indicator of inflation — fell below 3% annual increase, hitting 2.9% for July. Among other things, this makes it …

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When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us are riding — it’s the still-climbing wave…

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Democrats open their national convention Monday in Chicago, the largest city in Illinois, a state that perfectly encapsulates the dangers of their progressive and collectivist agenda (see Geor…

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Whichever party wins independent voters will win the presidency and other key races this fall. A poll we at Unite America commissioned earlier this year provides clues for how Democrats and Re…

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While Kamala Harris hides from unscripted events, Donald Trump can’t stop talking off the cuff. On Monday, the former president gave an interview to Elon Musk on his social media platform X.

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NEW YORK (TNS) — Olympic competitors over 40 are inspiring — and less of a rarity than they used to be. Scientists say athletes with extreme staying power may be that way due to molecular-leve…

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It took me till the end of our first long cruise in the summer of 1953 to realize what was happening. That brotherhood thing — the unbreakable bond that ties a Coast Guard Academy class togeth…

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Kamala Harris is hiding from tough questions, and Donald Trump appears wholly uninterested in the topic. As both major presidential candidates ignore the national debt, it briskly climbs towar…

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