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ALBANY (TNS) — In New York's long and storied history, one Schenectady native has been governor. That's Joseph Yates, who served a two-year term in th...

The U.S. Agency for International Development sent $1.3 billion in foreign assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, the world’s f...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here’s the most important yet overlooked fact about theJustice Departmentprosecutors who resigned rather than drop charges againstN...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul won't immediately remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead push for increased oversight of Cit...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...

Joel L. Violanti, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of New York, is now serving as acting U.S. attorney, replacing Trini E. Ross. The...

The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...

An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...

Due to the Presidents' Day federal holiday, there will not be an e-edition of the Olean Times Herald published for Monday. Log on to www.oleantimesher...

NIAGARA FALLS — At Niagara Falls, the iconic honeymoon and tourist destination on the U.S.-Canadian border, visitors from both countries took in Presi...

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, his last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution. But he's already started making quips abo...

With a new Republican presidential administration in place, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York Trini E. Ross has been preparing for he...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state's immigration ...

All universities send emails and letters to their alumni in the hopes of securing donations for future students. Members of the House of Representativ...

OLEAN — Twice the paving work is coming to two main corridors this construction season, but at roughly the same price. The Common Council approved cha...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like spoiled children finally told “no” by their parents, bureaucrats and beneficiaries of wasteful government largesse are howling...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — When President Donald Trump announced last week that the United States will take over the war-blasted Gaza Strip , expel its Palest...

DEAR RUSTY: Why were the Social Security funds moved from the Social Security account to the General Fund with the government? Is it not then called a...