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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grip on power appeared increasingly threatened Thursday as a majority of state legislators called for his resignation, De...

WASHINGTON — Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in ...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio announced Tuesday that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators...

Well, it’s on. Donald Trump ended his post-presidency silence not with a blast at President Joe Biden, or at the left, or at the House impeachment man...

New York (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may challenge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a fellow New York Democrat, for his seat in th...

House Democratic impeachment managers have delivered to the Senate a single, hastily passed article of impeachment against former President Trump. A t...

President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control the White House, the House and the Senate. An amb...

Many years ago, Sen. Eugene McCarthy said there is nothing more dangerous in politics than a politician without further ambition. And perhaps one thin...

Last week’s Senate elections in Georgia — yes, it was only last week — qualified as life-changing news for President-elect Joe Biden, who knew that if...

Democrats started trying to remove President Donald Trump from office before he entered office. Now they are proposing to remove him from office after...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, who has been a U.S. senator since 1999, on Wednesday morning declared he will be the majority lea...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Tom Reed and Josh Gottheimer said Monday that the 117th Congress include the continuation of the Problem Solvers Caucus’ conse...

Political parties and candidates have different positions on issues, but should at least support the fundamentals of our system of government. Sounds ...

WASHINGTON — Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-over...

ALBANY (TNS) — For reasons that defy easy logic, Andrew Cuomo’s next job is a frequent topic of speculation. I’ll concede that I’m as guilty as the ne...

ALBANY — North Tonawanda Republican Rob Ortt has been re-elected as the Republican minority leader in the state Senate. In a unanimous vote on Tuesday...

ALBANY — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has managed to visit each of New York’s 62 counties this year even amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the ...

WASHINGTON — Before election day turned into election week, Democrats hoped for a landslide — a blue wave that would not only make Joe Biden president...