politics of the united states

NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — There is general agreement that New York state needs to expand the number of Supreme Court justices to tackle a mammoth backlog ...

ALBANY — New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced Monday that he will challenge his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, in the governor’s race next year, mont...

OLEAN — The deadline to submit questions for the June 11 debate between the candidates running in the Republican primary for mayor is 7 p.m. Wednesday...

ALBANY (TNS) — Amid projections for New York to lose at least two more congressional seats after the 2030 census count, a bill that would create a sta...

WELLSVILLE — Chickens were back on the agenda for Tuesday’s village board meeting — but it was the serving of, not the raising of fowl. In April, the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two potential New York gubernatorial challengers helped negotiate a federal provision to quadruple the contentious $10,000 cap on the a...

ALBANY (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is the early favorite among Republicans to be their party’s nominee in next year’s race for governor, accordin...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recomme...

Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leadi...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — I’ve often railed at Democrats’ failure to revamp federal immigration law during the two years President Joe Biden enjoyed a Democr...

The U.S. Army plans to spend between $25 million and $45 million on a parade in Washington D.C., and that’s just the start of the expense. The dollar ...

President Donald Trump celebrates controversy. He also must revel in unnecessarily gifting his political opponents issues to exploit. That would appea...

NEW YORK (TNS) — TheDemocratsare leaderless; theDemocratshave an identity crisis; theDemocratshave lousy approval ratings. None of that precludes them...

OLEAN — The two candidates running in the June 24 Republican primary for mayor of the city will take part in a debate at 7 p.m. June 11. Incumbent May...

“Truth is not a left-wing value.” Sadly, Dennis Prager’s teaching is correct. He could even consider a corollary: Integrity is not a left-wing value. ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he ...

House Republicans revealed the sweeping tax provisions for President Donald Trump's big bill Monday, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, ...

Mark Heberling, chairman of the Cattaraugus County Republican Committee, was honored by the New York State Federation of Republican Women for his lead...