Commentary

Since 2017, Harvard University has received more money from the federal government than from its own students’ tuition, according to OpenTheBooks’ rev...

The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...

New York state finally has a budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democrat-led State Legislature were running state government on a series of emergency e...

From 1976 to 2012, politicians took the phrase “political party” a bit too literally by using taxpayer funds to help pay for the stages, confetti, bal...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to...

As secretary for the Clark/Dresser-Rand/Siemens Office Retirees Club, I would like to commend Kellen M. Quigley for his excellent coverage of our Apri...

“And it’s one, two, three, what are we fightin’ for?..." Country Joe and the Fish sang those words from a protest song to half a million rain-soaked p...

Thursday, April 24, was a day like any other day — the sun came up, the sun went down, and Donald Trump was hit with at least three nationwide injunct...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — On a typical day, Donald Trump’s word is about as good as Gollum’s claim he wouldn’t try to steal back his “precious” in Lord of th...

The Small Business Administration has still not tried to recoup $4.6 billion of loans issued during the Covid-19 pandemic that were flagged as potenti...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) —In January, former Vice President Al Gore listed hisArlington, Virginia, mansion for rent, asking $9,000 a month. Reportedly Gore i...

Americans are having fewer children, and the birth rate has dropped to historic lows — prompting declarations of aU.S.existential crisis, most notably...

ALBANY — As U.S. House Republicans consider cutbacks to federal Medicaid funding, their focus has turned to the so-called expansion population. Althou...

President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...

Under new legislation proposed by Republican lawmakers, drug dealers who sell or give out fentanyl that leads to an overdose death could face felony m...

ALBANY (TNS) — Seamus Donnelly is Troy's deputy mayor and a lifelong city resident. He's also gay. Donnelly, 38, came out when he was 25 and is now ma...

Less than 2½ years after George Santos rocketed from obscurity to being presented as the face of a young new GOP, the now-former Long Island con(gress...