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Politics

Republicans in Tupper Lake nominate two for Election Day

TUPPER LAKE — There are two village trustee seats up for election in November, and after a Republican caucus on Wednesday, incumbent Trustee Eric Shaheen is running again, and Rick Pickering is joining the race after Trustee Jason McClain chose to not run for a third term. Barb Denis, who ...

Biden tells Hill Democrats he won’t step aside

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal public debate performance. Biden’s efforts to shore up a deeply ...

Trump’s VP search comes down to its final days

NEW YORK — The future Republican vice presidential candidate’s plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that’s left: an announcement from former ...

Biden defiant amid debate backlash

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden urged supporters to stay unified at a rousing Black church service in critical Pennsylvania on Sunday, even as his campaign team quietly braced for growing pressure on him to abandon his reelection bid amid intensifying questions about whether he’s fit for ...

Biden assails Project 2025, Trump claims to be unaware of it

MIAMI — Donald Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second ...