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Did Bruce Springsteen call Trump an ‘unfit president’?
Springsteen spoke about the state of the U.S. and Trump before a song in a May 2025 concert.
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Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
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Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham has died
He died at 71 after suffering a "brief and sudden illness."
Politics & Government
$256,106,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in New York
New York (February 24, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $256,106,000 to New York from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will...
Politics & Government
Congressman Higgins Announces $7 Million for the Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced $7 million in federal funding, made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The award will be used to support upgrades to the heating, ventilation, a...
Politics & Government
Congressman Higgins Announces Application Period for SAFER Federal Fire Grant
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced that the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant application period is now open with a deadline of March 17, 2023, at 5:00pm EST.
“SAFER grants provide fire departments with the fundi...
Politics & Government
Congressman Higgins Responds to the State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, President Joseph Biden delivered his State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) issued the following statement in response:
“President Biden said he would build an econo...
Politics & Government
Congressman Higgins Welcomes Peter De Jesus Jr., President of the Western New York Area Labor Federation – AFL-CIO, As State of the Union Guest
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) welcomed Peter De Jesus Jr., President of the Western New York Area Labor Federation (WNYALF), AFL-CIO, to Washington, DC as his guest at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
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Politics & Government
During National Gun Violence Survivors Week Congressman Higgins Announces New Assault Weapons Ban Bill
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023. The bill, cosponsored by Higgins, prohibits the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Did Bruce Springsteen call Trump an ‘unfit president’?
Springsteen spoke about the state of the U.S. and Trump before a song in a May 2025 concert.
Fact Check
Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
Fact Check
Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham has died
He died at 71 after suffering a "brief and sudden illness."
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GAME RECAP: Buffalo Bisons vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 7/12/26
Although the Buffalo Bisons took the game...
