politics

Remember those battling hunger this season of giving
Commentary, Local Columnists
ASHLEY GREELEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 19, 2024
( Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving.) As we approach t...
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The federal government’s rusty machinery
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 18, 2024
Elon Musk has wasted little time laying the groundwork for his job in the next Trump administration, overseeing the new Department of Government Effic...
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Worries about voter fraud were unfounded
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 18, 2024
One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...
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Trump should rethink Gaetz as AG
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 18, 2024
Presidents have the duty of nominating members of their cabinet, and they have the right to seek to appoint people they believe will act in accordance...
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We can’t trust the stories we’re told
Commentary, Nation World
DAVID MILLS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Nov 15, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “If anyone wants to start working on midterms (which Democrats need to already be thinking about honestly),” wrote a friend who liv...
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NY courts to resist Trump’s mass deportation of migrants
News, NY State News
JOSEPHINE STRATMAN, GRAHAM RAYMAN and CHRIS SOMMERFELDT New York Daily News 
Nov 14, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Faced with a threat of stepped-up enforcement in New York by Donald Trump’s new border czar, top New York court officials are laying ...
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So now they love Senate filibuster
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 13, 2024
News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the ...
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