politics of the united states

MINEOLA (AP) — A county legislature outside New York City has voted to bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams at cou...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When former President Donald Trump told Senate Republicans last week that he was thinking about replacing the income tax with an “...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio said Tuesday he’s disappointed Gov. Kathy Hochul and leaders of the majority in the Assembly and Senate didn’t finalize a ne...

Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profo...

ALLEGANY — Protecting farmland and ensuring that American agriculture has the government-policy support to keep producing is not just about helping fa...

Due to the Juneteenth federal holiday on Wednesday, the Olean Times Herald will not publish an edition for that day. The Times Herald offices will be ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For all the conjecture and wishcasting about who or what could knock President Joe Biden or Donald Trump out of the 2024 presidenti...

With the first and presumptively most important presidential debate coming up in a week, many Republicans and conservatives are exultant. Their candid...

Americans concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s views on abortion may have been confused on Thursday when the court issued a unanimous ruling that ...

ALLEGANY — The next Right Thinkers meeting, which will include discussion of agriculture, forestry and wind and solar farms, is set for 6 p.m. today a...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy joined fellow lawmakers from northern states in introducing the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act to addre...

Democracy may be on the ballot this fall, but meanwhile, both Democrats and Republicans are working hard to game the electoral system and weaponize ch...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — News of Donald Trump’s conviction had barely hit the television screens and the internet sites when Sen. Marco Rubio took to social...

ATLANTA — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootin...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argu...

The Biden budget deficit this fiscal year probably will exceed $1.6 trillion. This from a president who has repeatedly tried to pass himself off as a ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — GOP 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump is all of a sudden something more than a past president. He is a convicted felon, bran...

SALAMANCA — As the New York State Legislature prepares to adjourn this year’s legislative session, Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. has is...