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At issue is President Trump's challenge to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship to every child born in the United States.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.
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Debates over auto insurance, climate change have slowed down state budget talks.
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The United Federation of Teachers and other unions are focused on lowering the age when someone can retire without a penalty.
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Republican state leaders are pushing to restrict commercial driving qualifications in New York for anyone who doesn’t speak English. They point to last year's deadly bus crash on the I-90, but the connections are inconsistent.
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Calling the deal “an important first step in forming a chapter 11 plan” to help the diocese exit bankruptcy, the church made the settlement announcement Friday with the Official Committee of Tort Claimants. The Albany diocese filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023.
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Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.
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Holly Deiaco-Smith was feeling homesick while studying abroad in France when she was 19 years old. An encounter at the post office changed everything and led to a decades-long friendship.
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Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.
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NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey that could help pave the way toward a future lunar landing.