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WASHINGTON (AP) — The verdict delivered by voters in the midterm elections will have profound implications for the final two years of President Barack...

This nation's leading rescuer of the First Amendment arguing before the Supreme Court, attorney Floyd Abrams, now warns of another rising danger. Spea...

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised that his health reform plan would “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family.” So it’s no...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Marcus Jundt moved to Williston from Minnesota almost four years ago and has opened four restaurants there since. Food isn't pr...

Ballot propositions and congressional races are sucking up all the political oxygen in the run-up to Tuesday’s elections. They should. Informing ourse...

Naturalization ceremonies are the stock in trade of American news organizations: the speeches, the number of countries represented among the applicant...

If Republicans gain control of the Senate, what will that mean for the last two years of the Obama administration? As young people often say about the...

CHICAGO (AP) — Fever? Headache? Muscle aches? Forget about Ebola — chances are astronomically higher that you have the flu or some other common bug. T...

This is not an endorsement of any candidate, but rather an explanation of the ideals that are contrasting in nature in upcoming elections. Regardless ...

While returning to Olean from Salamanca on Interstate 86, I noticed a large banner promoting Rep. Tom Reed’s candidacy is now displayed next to a bann...

Our 23rd Congressional District is, for the most part, of a common-sense, down-to-earth nature. Having lived near and worked in Tompkins County, Marth...

Editor's Note: The writer is addressing the question, “Was President Obama right to deploy U.S. troops to battle Ebola in West African nations?” WASHI...

Editor's Note: The writer is addressing the question, “Was President Obama right to deploy U.S. troops to battle Ebola in West African nations?” WASHI...

Oftentimes I ask, "Is this still America?" when I read such horrifying accounts as this one from Alecia Phonesavanh, a mother in Cornelia, Georgia, wh...

EDITOR'S NOTE: An occasional look at how Washington works — or doesn't. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army's troubled $5 billion intelligence fusion network h...

These days in America you can do all sorts of things legally, if you don’t mind leaving home. For example, if you want to cavort with prostitutes, we ...

In the absence of credible, strong political leadership, paranoia about disease can go viral. We’ve seen this happen around the world with a wide rang...

It’s hard to imagine a more bedrock American right than being free to live according to your religious convictions. The very idea of being forced to v...