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President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was widely seen as both a traditional speech and as the informal, unstated kickoff to his 2024 reelec...

NEW YORK (TNS) — “We expect the first 20 dispensaries to be open by the end of this year. And then every month or so, another 20,” Gov. Hochul boasted...

If you think public policy doesn’t really affect you or your family, take a quick glance at your retirement account — but you may want to sit down fir...

Gov. Hochul’s veto of the Grieving Families Act on Monday night should not be taken as the end of the long-running effort to correct how state law tre...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — At first glance, Priscilla Villarreal is not a particularly empathetic figure. Not to most conservatives, anyway. The tattoo...

Republicans have long said the Hunter Biden laptop scandal is really a Joe Biden story. Now, it looks like the Joe Biden classified documents scandal ...

The possibility that a COVID infection could damage your brain is terrifying. Scientists have established that long COVID often manifests itself with ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is all that is left of what was once the Republican establishment. Sure, there are still some GOP voters who ag...

It’s been fascinating to read accounts detailing how a murder suspect was apprehended and charged with crimes involving the slaying of four University...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As much as I’ve enjoyed my career in journalism, and the perks that have gone along with it, like playing basketball with Barack Obam...

First they declared they were coming for our natural gas stoves; then, after a firestorm of opposition erupted, they denied it. Don’t believe the deni...

BOSTON (TNS) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be walking into a buzzsaw of controversy over transgender athletes in his new job as head ...

To borrow a line from a movie character portrayed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, “I’M BAAAACK!” OK, I never really went anywhere. I still live in Por...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the ...

There is "no better place to find God, and to help others to find him, than in the hearts of the women and men" of our time. The assertion — sometimes...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a "red wave," a Republica...

SEATTLE (TNS) — This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to ot...

If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times. “The science says...” “The data show...” “The experts agree...” Now we know that the government too...