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President Trump is right: Mamdani is not a jihadist

President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21. There is at least one area where U.S....

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Matt Castelli

Commentary: Let Catskill OTB use its capital fund to pay its debts

Commentary: Let Catskill OTB use its capital fund to pay its debts

Times Union archive photo by Emilie Munson. When any complex public corporation winds down, the first step is always the same: Settle the books....

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Wanda Williams

Commentary: Make food programs a priority in next year's budget

Commentary: Make food programs a priority in next year's budget

Credit: Getty Images. Millions of Americans depend on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistant Program to put food on the table. Nearly 3 million...

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Lea Webb And Christina Christman

Letters: Bethlehem schools should drop Megyn Kelly from its Hall of Fame

Letters: Bethlehem schools should drop Megyn Kelly from its Hall of Fame

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. I’m...

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Jochnowitz: All the president’s lawyers

Attorney Scott Grubman, right, stands with his client, Kenneth Chesebro, as Chesebro is sworn in during a plea deal hearing in front of Fulton...

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Jay Jochnowitz

Editorial: A very bad Ukraine deal

Editorial: A very bad Ukraine deal

Residents deal with the aftermath of Russian missile and drone strikes on a residential building in Kyiv on November 25. According to...

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Indigenous sovereignty must be part of New York's climate response

The Western New York Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park, or STAMP, is a 1,250-acre tech park located in Genesee County. A massive...

30.11.2025 3

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Majadi Baruti

Editorial: The high-speed sale of Saint Rose

Editorial: The high-speed sale of Saint Rose

Property on the former campus of The College of Saint Rose in Albany is seen Dec. 12, 2024. Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy speaks in August...

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Commentary: Nuclear expansion puts N.Y. on the cusp of a new energy era

Commentary: Nuclear expansion puts N.Y. on the cusp of a new energy era

Credit: Getty Images. Somewhere in upstate New York, a community is about to get a big new factory — clean, quiet and employing hundreds of...

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H.m. “Hash” Hashemian

Commentary: Skip the IDA tax breaks and invest directly in affordable housing

Commentary: Skip the IDA tax breaks and invest directly in affordable housing

Credit: Getty Images. Scripture reminds us that “the laborer deserves to be paid” and that justice must “roll down like waters, and...

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Peter Cook And Rashida Tyler