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LETTER: A mixed bag on the Secret Service

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a ca ...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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LETTER: Trump should use softer touch on immigration

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LETTER: What’s up with Trump’s kowtowing to Putin?

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LETTER: BBB equals Battling Big Bloat

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LETTER: Fluff from the rich

Don Perry Las Vegas

July 21, 2024 - 9:01 pm

To the Secret Service personnel who jumped to cover and escort Donald Trump off the stage after the attempted assassination: Your bravery and dedication to the job were there for all of us see. You are and always will be considered heroes.

As for the idiot who surveyed the site and deemed the security adequate, you should be looking for a new job.

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LETTER: Trump should use softer touch on immigration

Thomas J. Grigsby Las Vegas

July 14, 2025 - 10:24 am

Target those here illegally who break other laws.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

LETTER: What’s up with Trump’s kowtowing to Putin?

Peter Jeming Las Vegas

July 13, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Democrats should pounce on this issue.

LETTER: BBB equals Battling Big Bloat

Bill Minarik Las Vegas

July 12, 2025 - 9:02 pm

Getting Medicaid spending under control.

President Donald Trump. (John Lamparski/Getty Images/TNS)

LETTER: Fluff from the rich

Joann Simmons Henderson

July 12, 2025 - 9:02 pm

Big beautiful bill buries the downtrodden.

LETTER: Shining a light on political ineptitude

Bob Valentine Las Vegas

July 12, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Taxpayers pay dearly for Las Vegas, Clark County mistakes.

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LETTER: American scientific leadership is at risk

Jake Michaelson Iowa City, Iowa The writer is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa.

July 11, 2025 - 9:00 pm

Call your representative and senators.

The Capitol is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

LETTER: Big bill is truly beautiful

Mike Edens Las Vegas

July 11, 2025 - 2:04 pm

Democrats run against its common-sense provisions at their own risk.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

LETTER: Democrats exploit tragedy to attack the president

John Turzer Henderson

July 10, 2025 - 9:02 pm

Is this a winning strategy?

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LETTER: Remember the Bush plan?

Al Garth Las Vegas

July 10, 2025 - 9:00 pm

What if we had invested a small portion of Social Security in the markets?

Steve Hill, left, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. (Chase ...

LETTER: Awfully generous to LVCVA chief

August Hasbrouck Las Vegas

July 10, 2025 - 10:32 am

Does anyone really deserve a bonus of more than a quarter million dollars when they already make a half million in salary and have an expense account that most of us in the real world could never even imagine?