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Some of Long Island’s biggest green energy projects, including offshore wind and battery storage facilities, appear to have escaped the chopping block in the Trump administration’s "Big Beautiful Bill." But wider impacts on home solar, heat pumps and geothermal energy programs, which benefit home

Deporting vast numbers of immigrants from the United States is a major goal of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. However, immigrants are an integral part of the U.S.

The groups that sued over the layoff plans — including several cities and counties, the American Federation of Government Employees and other federal worker unions — said in a statement that the ruling jeopardizes services that Americans rely on.

"This is a massive leap forward for this site today," Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton said during a news conference at the site. Behind her on a wide swath of concrete were piles of debris and dumpsters filled with waste cleared from the site.

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"Our responsibility to New York state’s students does not end when the final school bell rings," state Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa said in a statement.

President Donald Trump took office in January, ICE has transported hundreds of people each month to East Meadow.