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Politics

What far-right extremism looks like in northern New York

There’s a little wine shop in downtown Ballston Spa with rainbow-colored bottles lining the shop’s front window. The village is small, about 5,000 people, and attracts tourists from all around the world. Last summer, the owner of the wine shop, Jes Rich, noticed a group of masked men in ...

Sprague launches county judge bid

ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague announced her candidacy for Essex County Judge on Monday morning to a bundled-up crowd outside the old Essex County Courthouse. “I do not expect to be handed this position and certainly do not feel I’m entitled to it,” ...

Five now vying for Saranac Lake trustee

SARANAC LAKE — There are now five candidates running for two seats on the Saranac Lake Village Board of Trustees. Two days before the Democratic caucus, incumbent Rich Shapiro announced Sunday that he is no longer running and instead endorsing two new candidates, Paul Van Cott and Aurora ...

DeSantis ends presidential bid, endorses Trump

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump. The timing of DeSantis’ announcement escalates the pressure on former ...

Election-year politics threaten border deal

WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated ...