ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lifelong obsession with Harriet Tubman is propelling an effort to place a statue of the 19th century abolitionist in the U.S. Capitol.

Schumer is facing the distinct possibility of a primary challenge after he handed Republicans the votes to keep the government open last week.

Senator Dan Sullivan faced protesters ahead of his annual address to the Alaska State Legislature, where he praised Donald ...

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough ...

New York's older population is growing – and ... Cordell Cleare, a Manhattan Democrat who chairs the chamber's Aging Committee. The measure could be adopted in a final state spending plan ...

The Democrats’ best chance to constrain President Trump is winning control of the House in 2026. Here’s how they might do it.

The defeat Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer suffered in the spending bill battle was so bad that the left-wing media ...

Supporters will meet at the statehouse to ask Gov. Hochul to fund the Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act in this ...

TRUMP AIN’T GOT NO ‘RESPECT’: Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the Trump administration’s move to detain the international ...

Trump has given a "final warning' to Hamas to release the remaining hostages captured in the October 7, 2023, attack.

Business leaders in upstate New York say they are bracing for the effects ... Garry Douglas, president and CEO of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, said 20% of workers in Plattsburgh and ...

“Schumer, Facing Backlash From Democrats, Says He’ll Take ‘the Bullets,’ ” one New York Times headline ... of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on ...