The announcement we’d all been waiting for — who would join Donald Trump in his campaign to be the country’s next president — was overshadowed by yet another senseless terrorist attack, this one in Nice, France. More than 80 people were killed . . .
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7/20/16
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A handful of Valley Stream officials were among the thousands of attendees at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. They reported an environment unlike anything they had ever been part of.
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By Micah Danney
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7/20/16
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Everyone says that none of the current candidates for president have anything in common. But I’ve concluded that the two candidates who are most alike are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
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5/26/16
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Led by Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Nassau County Democratic lawmakers proposed a Gun Storage Safety Law on Tuesday, they said, to keep guns out of the hands of children and “others who shouldn’t have access to them.”
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By Scott Brinton
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5/19/16
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There’s no question that if I were a Republican Party official in Washington, I would be tearing out what little hair I have left, because . . .
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5/5/16
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Maureen O’Brien, a 37-year Sunday school teacher from Bethpage, knows the date when Republican presidential contender John Kasich won her over: Feb. 6.
Kasich, 63, Ohio’s governor since …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/4/16
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And then there were three. A week ago Tuesday, the field for the Republican presidential primary shrank by one . . .
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3/25/16
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Having been in politics a long time, I have seen a lot of politicians, political groups and minor parties rise to the top and then fall faster than a comet in the night sky. In almost every case I could mention . . .
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3/25/16
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I’m no Lady Gaga, but I felt like bursting into “The Star-Spangled Banner” as I watched the Democratic debate last Thursday night. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were going at it: strong, smart, tough and aggressive.
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2/19/16
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Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/15
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