Commentary

ALBANY — Five years after the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health is pleading ignorance about one of its most hotly debated policy ch...

Stocks plunged nearly 900 points on Oct. 10 after China opted to break out a flamethrower in its ongoing trade dispute with the United States. Preside...

I am writing before our upcoming No King’s Day protest on Saturday to align with the national Indivisible movement’s country-wide anti-fascism protest...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Over the next decade, the U.S. economy will face two big challenges: higher interest rates and AI-generated disruption. Each invites ...

ALBANY (TNS) — A Siena Research Institute poll released a month ago found Kathy Hochul with a commanding 25-point lead over Elise Stefanik, her likely...

Bipartisanship is a lost art in Washington, D.C., but is it so far-fetched to hope both Democrats and Republicans can agree that the government should...

I remember the moment, to the startled look on my sweet daughter’s face. I don’t think Michele was two yet, but near that age many call “the terrible ...

The initial phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan moved forward Monday as Hamas released 20 hostages who had been held since its ba...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Summoned last minute by the president of the United States, the world’s most powerful leaders dropped their schedules to fly to Egy...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (TNS) — On Sept. 10, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah with a rifle commonly used for hunting. The killing dr...

ALBANY — As Washington skirmishes over the future of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, New York has relatively little to gain or los...

How much has your electric and gas bill increased? Get ready — it is predicted to go even higher , at least $600 a year higher. Electricity rates in N...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump hoped to seal the biggest diplomatic achievement of his second term when he heralded a deal ending the Israel-...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As it turns out, Twitter is not the town square. Someone might want to alert American political leaders. In the era of social media, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — When I read that the Pentagon has the time, energy, technology and personnel to track what military and civilian employees ar...

I’m not buying it. “Blame the Democrats” might be a convenient and logical talking point for our Republican officials here at the New York state level...

As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wed...

A little-noticed New York program that provides Medicaid coverage to elderly undocumented immigrants was thrust onto the national stage last week as t...