Opinion

ALBANY — A recent analysis by National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) lamented the declining state of U.S. education by highlighting how sc...

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, is one of the last of his kind in Congress. Elected in 2012 amid the Tea Party movement, Massie has been a ...

The federal deficit was $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 2025, according to preliminary estimates published by the Congressional Budget Office. That’s $8 ...

The United States earned its independence by fighting a war to protest various indignities imposed by the crown, including levies that prompted the co...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Being a millionaire isn’t what it used to be. This isn’t a lament, it’s a fact: As Bloomberg News reported recently, almost one-fifth...

PRINCETON, Ill. (TNS) — I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025. The federal government plans to sp...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday. The day he received his presidential honor w...

We’re coming off National Fire Safety and Prevention Week when numerous area fire departments throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions he...

ALBANY (AP) — New York's Republican State Committee on Friday suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that inc...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made no secret about his animosity toward the media. But his demand that press outlets pledge not to report “una...

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...

BOSTON (TNS) — The “free Palestine” movement needs to find a new chant after President Donald Trump brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, tr...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Of all the federal government shutdowns that I've covered over three decades, the current one, now in its third week, is the weirde...

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...