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Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response...

Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response...

Who’s using the culture war to distract from the economy now? Democrats have long believed — going back at least to the famous 2005 Thomas Frank book,...

Two months ago, as Americans began their summer vacations, the political landscape looked bleak for Joe Biden and his Democrats. Inflation was soaring...

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are proving that even sworn enemies can cooperate to promote one another’s political interests. President Biden, with his c...

Once given up for dead, Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their chances in November’s midterm elections. The race for the House is narrowing...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two years ago, I wrote a column proclaiming the evils of the college-loan racket. The federal government should cancel student debt, I ...

Temporarily anyway, Donald J. Trump resembles the Br’er Rabbit of the Joel Chandler Harris tales: flung into the briar patch by the FBI search of his ...

NEW YORK — In a cluster of contentious Democratic primaries Tuesday, two New York incumbents were ousted from the U.S. House after redistricting shuff...

There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November’s midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe w...

Yes, there is a border crisis. And, yes, a big part of Democrats’ struggle in Texas is their unwillingness or inability to accept that reality and to ...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... To readers of a certain age who grew up watching cowboy movies on TV, that timeless phrase signals a major plot devel...

ALBANY (TNS) — State Senate Republicans’ campaign arm has struck a $200,000 settlement to close an inquiry into the party’s alleged abuse of its campa...

You’ve probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act — the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats — includes provisions to...

By what possible definition of democracy is it OK for Joe Manchin, a single senator elected with a mere 290,000 votes from the tiny state of West Virg...

An odd atmosphere has descended on Washington, D.C. At the precise moment the government announced that the economy shrank for the second consecutive ...

My friends have it wrong. I recently reached out to many of them about an effort to combat the intentional efforts by “big lie” candidates to take ove...

Even as Democrats reel from draconian impact of Republicans’ success at stacking the U.S. Supreme Court, the Biden administration is in danger of leav...