Commentary, Nation World
Nov 13, 2024
News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the ...
News
Nov 06, 2024
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refus...
Commentary, Nation World
Jul 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s abrupt withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race raised more questions than it provided answers. Here are so...
Commentary, Nation World
Jul 22, 2024
The two words that Donald Trump did not say in Milwaukee when accepting the Republican presidential nomination? Kamala Harris. Republicans are now dev...
News
Jul 22, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President J...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 17, 2022
Democrats will control the Senate and, it seems, Republicans, the House in the 118th Congress starting on Jan. 3, but the current 117th session still ...
Business, News
Sep 20, 2022
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday railed against what he called “revenge politics,’’ as liberals in the House and Senate team up with Republica...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 07, 2022
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...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 02, 2022
Congress has never cared much about truth-in-labeling, but even by its standards, “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” is laughably absurd. The deal ...
News
Jul 19, 2022
WASHINGTON — Democrats will push ahead on restraining pharmaceutical prices and extending health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans, Senate...
News
Feb 25, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been convicted of making deadly threats to a U.S. senator and two Fox News personalities. Military veteran Rickey J...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 29, 2021
The success or failure of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda could depend on a single senator from a mountainous state who has idiosyncratic vie...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 23, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he will not support the Democrats’ giant spending bill should not have been a surprise to anyone who has been wat...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 22, 2021
Joe Manchin and London Breed have nothing in common. One is an old-school Democratic senator from West Virginia, surviving and thriving in an increasi...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 03, 2021
Two tiresome realities about being president of the United States: First, everybody blames you for things over which you have little or no control, su...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 23, 2021
He may not be onetime Master of the Senate Lyndon Johnson, but, having spent 36 years in the upper house and eight years in the vice presidency, Joe B...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 07, 2021
Remember the media cheers for Sen. John McCain when he stopped the effort to repeal Obamacare? McCain was a Republican frustrating a Republican policy...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 19, 2021
As the Senate returns to work and faces a fistful of thorny issues — from upgrading infrastructure to upholding voting rights — the ghost of a man nam...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
