politics of the united states

OLEAN — More than 200 demonstrators turned out Saturday in Olean to protest against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, criticizing the ...

For those of us who are calling balls and strikes on the Trump administration, the idea of creating a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to sl...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With 19 months to go before the midterm elections, it’s too early to know what the political environment will be like inNovember 20...

New York Democrats slammed President Donald Trump on the sweeping tariffs he announced Wednesday, while a staunch supporter of the president in the U....

The DOGE-damners on Capitol Hill are going to hate Elon Musk’s latest target: Congressional wallets. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trumpcame into office with mandates to fix three big problemsJoe Bidenhad failed to address: Out-of-control illegal immigrat...

PHOENIX — The Democratic base is angry. Not just at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the "Make America Great Again" movement. Rank-and-file Democ...

IfRepublicansdare broach the subject of waste and fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, it will be seconds beforeDemocratsaccuse them of seeking to throw gra...

I have been involved in four different protests in downtown Olean and each time both the number of protesters and the number of passing motorists in a...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — A federal judge denied a Cornell University student’s initial effort to override executive orders that the student said are being use...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling New York Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the Unit...

In response to Christine Van Horn’s Readers' Turn to Write commentary in the March 22 edition of the Times Herald ( "The sky is falling indeed — on fr...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer says New York seniors could soon feel the impacts of cuts to the Social Security Administration by the Trump administration. “...

In the wake of two major pieces of news recently, it has become more clear than ever that Congressman Nick Langworthy had better step up and start doi...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Over the past 48 hours, President Donald Trump’s national security team has looked like a pack of amateurs. On Monday, The Atlantic...

Democrats were against the filibuster before they were for it. The left continues to rage against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for casting a v...

Another column about Donald Trump. I would feel guilty for being repetitive, but really what else is there to write about these days? President Trump ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forw...