Opinion

Indirect nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran resumed on Feb. 6 for the first time since the 12-day war in June. However, amid deep distrust...

The federal government lost $186 billion to improper payments in fiscal year 2025, according to newly released data from the Office of Management and ...

The President of the United States “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Conside...

The killing of a powerful drug lord in Mexico could be an inflection point for President Claudia Sheinbaum and her bilateral relationship with the Uni...

DETROIT (TNS) — A solid indicator of the state of the union could be found in who was and who wasn't in the Capitol when President Donald Trump arrive...

Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope. As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Med...

As town supervisor of Ashford in Cattaraugus County, I believe any discussion of a potential New York City bailout must include the fiscal reality fac...

As expected, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed excise tax on the sale of nicotine pouches, similar to taxes on other non-cigarette tobacco products, has su...

The kindling for catastrophe was piled high. It only needed a match. The 2020s began with a pandemic that shut us in and shattered our shared reality....

So what has Congress done for you lately? Big Beautiful Bill? Sure. I’ll give you that one. And it covered a huge amount of ground, from tax cuts to b...

Some people tend to think of sports as a diversion, and plenty others don’t think much of them at all. Maybe, for many not interested in athletic spec...

Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda, ruling that the White House doesn’t have th...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs is a loud wake-up call for Congress. I...

Memories tend to be short in American politics, but it was not so long ago that Donald Trump was a first term president and, if we're to be honest, a ...

I am writing to encourage both working adults and retirees in the greater Olean area to consider becoming volunteer members of one of our many service...

Have you ever noticed periods in life when certain words keep coming to mind? Sometimes, they are terms that have become popular in our culture. At th...

“It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should unite in forming a system of national Go...

Even good news generates controversy in these polarizing times. Violent crime is cratering in the United States, according to national statistics. Las...