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“I voted for Obama twice and Hillary once. But I’ll tell you, I’m going to vote for that knucklehead Donald Trump again.” My Uber driver made that dec...

Two months ago, as Americans began their summer vacations, the political landscape looked bleak for Joe Biden and his Democrats. Inflation was soaring...

Once given up for dead, Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their chances in November’s midterm elections. The race for the House is narrowing...

With control of a currently 50-50 Senate up for grabs, it looks like the GOP could well come up short even in a favorable political environment becaus...

Temporarily anyway, Donald J. Trump resembles the Br’er Rabbit of the Joel Chandler Harris tales: flung into the briar patch by the FBI search of his ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Several prominent New York Republicans have formed an independent expenditure committee to boost the candidacy of the GOP nominee for g...

There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November’s midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe w...

COLONIE (TNS) — New York businesses are still digging out from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, with ongoing supply chain snags, hig...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Former President Donald J. Trump has scheduled a Sept. 3 rally in Pennsylvania as he tries to keep his own profile high for a poten...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Madison County Republicans are backing Rhonda Youngs in a highly unusual write-in campaign for a county judge seat, rescinding their ...

As early voting in Cattaraugus County closed for a seventh day on Friday, 356 voters had cast ballots at one of the two county early voting sites. Dem...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... To readers of a certain age who grew up watching cowboy movies on TV, that timeless phrase signals a major plot devel...

“It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney appar...

ALBANY (TNS) — State Senate Republicans’ campaign arm has struck a $200,000 settlement to close an inquiry into the party’s alleged abuse of its campa...

Suddenly, news screens throughout our land are flooding us with new fears. Once again, it feels like we may be trapped in a reoccurring national night...

Donald Trump has more than $100 million in his political war chest. But he has something even more valuable — an active FBI investigation against him....

ALBANY — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and replace it with “incarcerated person” to refer to people serving pris...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Now that the state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of mail voting, it’s time for critics to stop whining about it and...