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Staffers in the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked on a private poll while on the taxpayer dime. The Times Union obtained emails showing that Melissa ...

President Joe Biden’s announcement Wednesday that he will begin removing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the month and complete the wit...

ALBANY — In the largest program of its kind, New York lawmakers have created a $2.1 billion fund to aid workers who lost jobs or income during the cor...

The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on nine high-ranking Russian officials for “gross and systematic human rights abuses.” The most promine...

Millions of older Americans are still hunting for appointments to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Millions of younger Americans are waiting impatient...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants the federal government to probe problems in the nursing home industry and start prosecuting owners of nursing homes...

Is there something missing from press coverage of the thousands of unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed the U.S. border from Mexico and a...

ALBANY — New York Assembly Republicans introduced a joint resolution to overturn the governor’s “arbitrary mandates” that have limited the operation o...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Senate and Assembly were scheduled to vote today on their versions of New York’s 2021-22 budget — and stark differences remai...

ALBANY (AP) — An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Democrat groped her in the governor’s residence, marking the most serious allegation amon...

New York senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand touted Saturday’s passage of the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bil l, giving Presiden...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration insisted Friday that a quest for scientific accuracy, not political concerns, prompted members of h...

When Joe Biden was running for president, he was asked if — unlike then-President Donald Trump — he would punish senior Saudi leaders for the 2018 mur...

ALBANY (TNS) — After blocking a bipartisan proposal to create accurate maps showing where high-speed internet service is available — and where it is l...

WASHINGTON — Republicans opposing a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that passed the House have pointed to two transportation projects as example...

What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.” New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Co...

The sexual harassment accusations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo by two former staffers present a moment of truth for the governor’s fellow Democrats. They...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in sear...