Commentary

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Can this marriage be saved? Relations between Canada and President Donald Trump were icy before Trump boosted U.S. tariffs on a tra...

The Federal Reserve resisted pressure from the White House last week and left its policy rate unchanged. It was the right decision. As Chair Jerome Po...

SCHENECTADY (TNS) — Danny Taylor left a job he loved and gambled on a mid-life career change that promised the independence of owning a business. The ...

Over the last decade, more than half the Senate office furniture purchased have some unanswered question attached to them — including where the furnit...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — As an adult, I've somewhat soured on summer. I love the summer rituals, like cookouts and Kennywood, but by mid-July I start lookin...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!” President Donald Tru...

New York’s Medicaid program remained a spending outlier in 2024, with per-resident outlays that were 24% higher than those of any other state and 77% ...

History predicts that Republicans will suffer losses in next year’s midterm elections, and Democrats have made clear they will try to use President Do...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist right-wing government can't win the "total victory" over Hamas that the Israeli prime minister...

ALBANY (TNS) — I would rather not be writing about redistricting and gerrymandering. Tooth decay, rodent migratory patterns and the Dallas Cowboys are...

President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The left-leaning press is ringing the alarm bells: “Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy,” says ...

It is anticipated that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will raise clean energy project costs by 10% to 20%, increase the r...

The rebirth and spectacular rise of New York State’s wine and grape industry over the past generation — joined by, especially over the past decade, th...

I’m a guy who likes to travel the world. Unfortunately, I can do so only if I sit in front of the TV and watch celebrities like Stanley Tucci eat and ...

July 19 took a different turn from the annual gathering, the Back to Olean Barbecue, at the beautiful War Veterans Park. After the passing of Charles ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — On hearing of the Continental Army’s pivotal victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, John Sinclair told Adam Smith, “The British n...

America will turn 250 years old next year, and taxpayers will fund one of the most expensive birthday gifts in history. President Trump’s “One Big Bea...