politics of the united states

News, NY State News

Judge tosses a NY law that moved many local elections to even-numbered years

MICHAEL HILL Associated Press

Oct 09, 2024

A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state j...

Commentary, Nation World

Biden administration to break dubious record

Oct 09, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

Commentary, Nation World

How much will the Supreme Court matter in the 2024 election?

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY Los Angeles Times

Oct 08, 2024

BERKELEY, Calif. (TNS) — What role, if any, will the Supreme Court play in the November presidential election? That is the crucial, unknowable questio...

Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write

Readers’ Turn to Right: Voting for principles, not for party

THOMAS P. ENRIGHT Special to Olean Times Herald

Oct 07, 2024

I am a lifelong registered Democrat. I don’t recall choosing that party: my parents most likely “gave” it to me. Actually, because I was born white, C...

Commentary, Nation World

Democrats’ promise of ‘freedom’ has been a disaster

GEORGE LIEBMANN The Baltimore Sun

Oct 07, 2024

BALTIMORE (TNS) — The theme of this election, the Democrats tell us, is to be freedom, as the theme of the 2022 election was said to be democracy. Dem...

Local News, News

Pro-Trump rally planned for Oct. 12 in Olean

Oct 04, 2024

OLEAN — Right Thinkers is planning a local rally for former President Donald Trump on Oct. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lincoln Park. Several speakers will...

News, Western New York

Gillibrand joins in seeking accountability at Buffalo VA

Olean Times Herald staff

Oct 04, 2024

Following what she called disturbing allegations of veteran mistreatment by the Buffalo VA, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand held a press conference Frida...

Commentary, Nation World

Bush’s decision not to endorse is principled

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Oct 04, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — During every election cycle, cross-party endorsements snag a few headlines. There is something oddly satisfying about the on...

Daily Headlines, Local News, News

Langworthy: $1 million in House bill for Olean water plant

BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com

Oct 03, 2024

OLEAN — One million dollars in aid for the city’s water treatment plant passed one chamber of Congress this summer, while $2 million more is already o...

How Black leaders in NY are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

AARON MORRISON and MATT BROWN Associated Press

Oct 03, 2024

NEW YORK — It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy...

Commentary, Nation World, New York

NY has some of the most competitive House districts

Oct 03, 2024

Next month, the votes of New Yorkers may possibly decide which party controls the House of Representatives for the 119th U.S. Congress. The margin bet...

Commentary, Nation World

Veep debate at least gave us some insights

Oct 03, 2024

On Tuesday, the American people got to see and hear the vice presidential picks of the two major parties outline their visions for the country. The de...

Commentary, New York

Hochul’s home-care overhaul hands costly win to union

BILL HAMMOND Empire Center

Oct 03, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s overhaul of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program reached a milestone Monday when she named a Georgia-based company as...

Commentary, Nation World

One governor’s responsible leadership rebukes poisonous partisanship

LYNN SCHMIDT St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oct 02, 2024

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Bad actors, both foreign and domestic, continue to try to weaken America by stoking the flames of division and the embers of fe...

Local News, Nation, News

Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

MICHELLE L. PRICE, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

Oct 02, 2024

NEW YORK — Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burge...

Commentary, Local Columnists, New York

Tiptoeing around state spending won’t cut it now

SEN. TOM O'MARA

Oct 01, 2024

Recently I noted how the latest statewide poll from the Siena College Research Institute included a finding that less than one-third of New Yorkers th...

Commentary, Nation World

Harris, Trump make their cases on economy

DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times

Sep 30, 2024

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The presidential campaign produced plenty of noise last week, but the race still appears mired in a virtual electoral-college tie. ...

News, NY State News

Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics

ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ?I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city, and the federal government should pay us, and we shouldn?t have to take them,? said Trump. ?And I said, ?You know what? He?ll be indicted within a year.? And I was exactly right.?

Sep 28, 2024

For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a former cop — refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore...

Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...

Sempolinski, Brown tout what they’d bring to 148th seat

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Sep 28, 2024

Joe Sempolinski and Dan Brown both point out the advantage they would bring to the seat if either were elected assemblyman in the 148th District. But ...

News, NY State News

NYC mayor pleads not guilty to taking bribes, illegal campaign contributions

JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Sep 27, 2024

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting allegations that he accepted luxury t...