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Laura Figueroa Hernandez

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Laura Figueroa Hernandez

    Trump administration to hire 5,000 more Immigration and Enforcement agents, part of plan to hire 10,000 total through 2029 (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to hire 5,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents by the end of the year, as the president’s mass deportation campaign shows no signs of waning. The Department of Homeland Security, in a statement to Newsday on Wednesday, confirmed the agency’s plans to add more immigration officers to its growing ranks, as first reported by The New York Times. "The Trump Administration is utilizing all lawful options to carry out the largest deportation ope

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Laura Figueroa Hernandez

    9/11 health research program will be fully funded, officials say (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — More than $13 million in federal funding for 9/11 health studies initially feared lost will remain intact, federal officials have confirmed to Newsday. Earlier in the month, World Trade Center Health Program officials told a panel of New York-based clinicians and 9/11 health advocates that the money could be lost in part due to delays in getting research grants approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has grappled with widespread layoffs this past year. The

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Laura Figueroa Hernandez

    Presidential hopefuls court LI donors, two years before the vote (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — The midterm campaign season may be in full swing, but 2028 has also been top of mind for deep-pocketed donors in Nassau and Suffolk who have spent the past few months holding listening sessions with potential presidential contenders. Democratic Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Wes Moore of Maryland are among the names floated as potential 2028 presidential candidates who attended informal meet-and-greet sessions on Long Island

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Laura Figueroa Hernandez

    Democrats push Trump to release NYS counterterror funds (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — House Democrats used a Wednesday hearing on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to call on the Trump administration to release $87 million in counterterrorism funding state officials contend is owed to New York. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, accused the president in opening remarks of politicizing the release of counterterrorism grants, noting that New York was slated to receive $187 million in federal funding this past year, but

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Laura Figueroa Hernandez

    Trump's promise of $5K payments faces political, economic hurdles (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's new pledge to pay $5,000 to every U.S. adult citizen if Republicans retain control of the Congress after this year’s midterm election is drawing skepticism from fiscal policy experts and legal scholars who say the money is unlikely to materialize. Trump, speaking Wednesday on the first night of a two-day Republican midterm convention in Dallas, said he would issue a "Trump Dividend" to every adult citizen if the GOP keeps control of both the Senate and House

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