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Then-Rep. John Ratcliffe in May at his Senate

Janison: Tainted 'intel' has been a Trump trademark

Intel chief Ratcliffe appears to run interference for the president's undocumented charges against election rival Joe Biden.

Janison: NY GOP could gain if and when Trump goes
The future of Republican Party organizations in blue states could become rosier if Biden were to unseat Trump.
Target to open 2 more small-format stores on LI
One will be in Bay Harbour Mall, in Lawrence, and at other at the former Sears store in the Lake Success Shopping Center in New Hyde Park.
Janison: Campaign tiffs tell little of big landscape
There are too many moving parts for anyone to predict what will happen differently should Joe Biden or Donald Trump win.
Brown: In Nassau, Suffolk, there's a whole lot of voting going on
"We're walking and chewing gum," said Nicholas LaLota, Suffolk's Republican elections commissioner. That's one way of putting it.
Janison: Trump skips the gray areas to talk tough
For Trump, the message out of the bloodshed in Portland, Oregon, is a story he can shape into tough-guy talk for peddling at rallies and interviews.
God Squad: Parsing biblical mysteries, beginning with God's wife
The Abrahamic faiths have gone through a 2,000-year-old struggle to reconcile old patriarchal images of God and our holy impulse to ensure our daughters have the same spiritual horizons.
My Turn: Not all who wander in nature are lost
I wanted to wander and feel like I was lost (or as close as you can get to that on ...
Asking the Clergy: How has the pandemic changed worship?
Closed or socially distanced sanctuaries, online services and creative ways of staying connected have become the new normal.
Janison: Another probe-for-show comes up empty
Incumbent Trump might be better off clarifying and defending his own policies instead of pursuing dead-end reviews of the previous administration.
Janison: New foreign funding storm in Trumpland
Feds charged GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy as President Donald Trump cries for indictments of Democrats such as Joe Biden and ex-President Barack Obama.