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OLEAN — If U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer still felt the sting of his Democratic Party’s setbacks on Election Day, he did his best to thr...

ALBANY (TNS) — Why did Donald Trump win so decisively? The answer is obvious: Peanut. He won because New York killed Peanut the squirrel. That’s a jok...

It was a good night Tuesday — and a good early Wednesday morning — for Mark Heberling. The chairman of the Cattaraugus County Republican Committee wat...

There are lots of ways of defining the liberal elite — assistant deans, network anchors, public health officials and, yes, legacy newspaper journalist...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refus...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy was successful in his bid for re-election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which includes Cattaraugus and Allegany...

From laying the groundwork for Olean General Hospital and backing the GOP on Election Day to a new home for the American Legion, from a GOP bloodbath ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans "probably will" try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips...

A flurry of polls released Sunday show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain poised for a photo finish in this week’s ...

Even though more than 50 area municipalities will see elections wrap up on Tuesday, few of the positions are seeing competitive races. In Cattaraugus ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Only a gambler or a fool would predict the winner of a presidential race as close as this one. But it’s a good bet that next Tuesda...

DETROIT (TNS) — Money can sell a political message, but it can’t buy one. Vice President Kamala Harris is proving no amount of cash can cover for a ca...

“Vote NO on Proposition 1” There is a dangerous constitutional amendment on the ballot this coming Election Day that, in our opinion, is cause for sig...

Along with the presidential election, the majority of towns and some villages in Allegany County will also see local races on the ballot when early vo...

With the U.S. presidential race as well as state- and county-level races on the ballot, early voting gets underway Saturday at Cattaraugus County’s tw...

Olean native Christopher Eddy, a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserves who also retired from the FBI, is taking on a new challenge ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A new poll shows Kamala Harris romping to a 19% landslide win over former President Donald Trump in New York, a result that would ref...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, recently said that he thinks that the Electoral College “needs ...