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Fighting the odds to stay on the job

One did not need to know Derek Floyd of Huntington to hear echoes of his inspiring and somewhat timeless story. He was one of those committed...

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A public suicide, a moment of sadness

Only a few hundred feet from the Manhattan court where Donald Trump was to be tried on felony counts related to hush money payments, 37-year-old Max...

23.04.2024 20

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Good time to assess Assange's motives

Famed WikiLeaks hacker Julian Assange is back in the news. The U.S. has taken steps that could lead to his extradition from the U.K., to face...

18.04.2024 10

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Trump storm threatens civil servants

In September 2019, then-President Donald Trump made what should have been quickly acknowledged as a public error. Trump tweeted about the path of...

11.04.2024 6

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Dems would like to 'swing' a win in CD1

From a distance, it is tempting to characterize the prospective Democratic primary race between John Avlon and Nancy Goroff in Suffolk County as an...

04.04.2024 30

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Trump's innovative campaign financing

On the fundraising front, the national Democratic Party seems to have an edge for November. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been pouring in to...

28.03.2024 9

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More moot NY presidential primaries

Got your doubts that the national choices resulting from our two-party “system” are all they could be? The upcoming New York presidential primary...

21.03.2024 3

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It's his party, Trump grabs what he wants to

Donald Trump, as boss of all GOP bosses, has installed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. She told...

14.03.2024 10

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Biden-Trump rematch worries many

Now, even the ever-optimistic Nikki Haley is gone from the presidential race, as expected. She was the last survivor from a gaggle of former Donald...

07.03.2024 9

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Senate hopeful faces odd GOP balking

Do New York Republican leaders think they will gain ground with a U.S. Senate candidate who as a private businessman in 2022 contributed $1,000 to...

29.02.2024 9

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GOP leaders split in spin on Pilip loss

Morning-after reactions to Tom Suozzi’s win — and Mazi Melesa Pilip’s loss — in the Third Congressional District expose sharp differences...

15.02.2024 2

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Another fiasco for House Republicans

The failure of the House on Tuesday to bring an impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fizzled into an instant...

08.02.2024 3

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Past echoes in special election in CD3

An oh-so-slight sense of deja vu arrives this month on the Long Island political scene. The upcoming special election to decide who finishes the...

01.02.2024 6

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New GOP boss same as old boss

The New Hampshire primary produced an internal dissonance that may be unique to the Republican Party of 2024. Donald Trump’s buoyant GOP...

25.01.2024 10

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Is Santos hoping for MAGA magic help?

On Monday, after Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses, those who still bother to keep tabs on ex-Rep. George Santos got to see the famed fabulist try to...

18.01.2024 4

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Hochul attempts to blunt GOP attacks

This year’s national election cycle clearly influenced what Gov. Kathy Hochul chose to emphasize Tuesday in her latest State of the State message....

10.01.2024 5

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Trump or Biden, some things don't change

From both sides of the nation’s party duopoly, this new year brings a fork in a jarring road. Partisan control of the presidency and Congress is...

03.01.2024 10

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States get bluer and redder; we hang on

Sharp differences between the ways so-called red and blue states govern themselves are likely to drive the partisan power scramble for elected offices...

28.12.2023 10

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Contrived try to bar Trump from ballot

After eight years on the political scene, including four years in the White House, Donald Trump faces the same threshold question he did all...

21.12.2023 7

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Civil liberties unions clash over NRA

Controversies over free expression are getting more complicated and divisive by the day. One fresh and unusual example: The New York Civil Liberties...

14.12.2023 3

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Shuffling post-Santos deck in 2024

The bizarre rise, and awaited fall, of the performance artist formally known as Rep. George Santos inches closer to completion. Long Island’s most...

22.11.2023 3

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Comeback complete for LI Republicans

Republicans on Tuesday completed a three-year capture of Long Island’s most powerful elected offices. Nobody was shocked this time out. In a...

09.11.2023 60

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NY Democrats will try to nag the vote

Long Island and state Democratic leaders fret these days about getting their registrants to the polls. They’ve seen what can happen in an “off”...

02.11.2023 10

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Homegrown scandals have global flavor

The big corruption scandals keep sending investigators into foreign domains. Our borders seem quite open when it comes to high-level venality. ...

26.10.2023 5

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Cracks are spreading in the GOP wall

When Republicans won a House majority in last year’s midterm elections, it gave their party an outpost from which they could wield limited clout...

19.10.2023 2

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RFK bid could be a spoiler ... for whom?

This national scenario has no precedent. An 80-year-old president with some legislative accomplishments but depressed approval ratings prepares to...

12.10.2023 2

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How long will the GOP bow to Trump?

Accused felon and proven liar Donald J. Trump, the former president, retains an autocrat’s grip on much of the Republican Party, and most...

05.10.2023 2

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Impeachment grows as partisan weapon

Impeachment season is underway across America. For the second presidency in a row, a U.S. House of Representatives majority is plotting an effort to...

21.09.2023 1

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How will migrant issues affect 2024?

The special election held Tuesday for a vacant Queens Assembly seat was widely watched for signs of how an unwieldy influx of migrants and...

14.09.2023 2

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