Politics is ubiquitous. It’s not simply because it is election season and political ads are about to run 24/7. It is more fundamental than that. It is the reality that American society — including every institution, product, television show, and ...

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The Fair Election Practices Campaign is underway. All candidates have been asked to sign a pledge to promote issue-oriented and civil campaigning for public office. The public pledge signing and press conference will be at noon Sept. 3 in the ...

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WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia ended his 26th year on the U.S. Supreme Court with a string of losses in the term’s biggest cases and criticism that he crossed a line from judging to politics. Justice Scalia’s willingness to do ...

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Here are the candidates running for various judicial and other legal-related positions, as of Aug. 10, according to the Monroe County Board of Elections. The list does not include independent candidates who began circulating petitions ...

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BUFFALO — Three candidates running for New York's open upstate congressional seat will debate for the first time next week. Democrat Kathleen Hochul, Republican Jane Corwin and Tea Party candidate Jack Davis will meet in Buffalo May 12.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — They're a pair of flamboyant lawyers who are fond of cameras and adept at messaging, two deputies with ambitions to land, someday, on top. So the emerging political warfare led by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer ...

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Former Rep. Eric Massa and his tickle fights are so 2010. Eliot Spitzer? He’s two governors ago. With the shirtless photo sent to a woman he was trying to woo online, Rep. Chris Lee is the latest in a string of New York politicians whose misdeeds have riveted national attention.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers took turns reading the Constitution on the House floor Thursday, a nod to tea partiers who put Republicans in power. Even the nation’s founding text got caught in political tussling ...

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NEW YORK CITY — Jimmy McMillan says he can’t quit now — the rent is still “too damn high.” The man who became the breakout star of New York’s race for governor said Wednesday that he got so much support, he has to keep going.

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ALBANY — A questionable military service record. An immigrant housekeeper without a visa. A criminal charge from long ago. Sexual indiscretions. Such private issues thought long buried are the currency ...

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BUFFALO — Ken Streebel is not happy with the direction New York is headed. "No way," said the 61-year-old maintenance mechanic from suburban Hamburg. "Taxes are too expensive, my wife's been out of work for 2 1/2 years: one, because there's no jobs but two, because we're in our 60s, she can't get a job."

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A congressional ethics office is asking lobbyists to supply fundraising information on eight House members. Most serve on the Financial Services Committee.

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