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One theme of Democratic control of Washington has been frustration, especially among the party’s progressive wing and its cheerleaders in the media, t...

Bob Dole first emerged as a national figure in the early 1970s, defending President Richard Nixon’s Vietnam policies and excoriating such Democratic o...

ALBANY (TNS) — A real estate mogul with close ties to Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin has been arrested in connection with a campaign finance scheme that a...

Say what you like about Congress’ squabbling and eternally disarrayed Democrats; they’ve showed in the last few weeks that they deserve to be recogniz...

Most of what we hear about Washington these days is how dysfunctional it is, and the reputation is well earned. We are in an era when political power ...

Republican leaders in the state Senate want Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the state’s tax on fuel as prices soar at the pump and many experts forecast ...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Voters in New York will decide on five ballot proposals when they head to the polls Nov. 2 and the topics vary. Here’s a look at the ...

It was the week that President Joe Biden and the Democratic majorities in Congress came face-to-face with reality. And that reality is that their narr...

Remember the media cheers for Sen. John McCain when he stopped the effort to repeal Obamacare? McCain was a Republican frustrating a Republican policy...

President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer have based the future of the entire Democratic agenda on a ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has called on the Biden administration to allow vaccinated Canadians to travel to the U.S. for non-essential...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A high-powered lobbying and business consulting company with deep political roots in New York state is starting up a division to focu...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her choice for lieutenant governor Thursday in the senator’s Harlem district, whe...

Pennsylvania's opioid disaster declaration was set to expire at the end of Wednesday after state lawmakers, newly empowered to help manage statewide e...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has selected Brian Benjamin, a state senator from New York City, as her choice for lieutenant governor, according to a pers...

ALBANY — Andrew Cuomo defended his record over a decade as New York’s governo r and portrayed himself as the victim of a “media frenzy” Monday as he p...

Republican members of the New York Senate and Assembly warn that potential impacts of state Democrats’ climate legislation could increase the cost of ...

ALBANY (AP) — A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior added her voice to those criticizing state lawmakers for not pu...