And she’s supporting Barack Obama.

Casey Knowles, now 17, is the little girl in Hillary Clinton’s television ad that depicts sleeping children as viewers are left to question who they’d want in the White House if there were a national emergency at 3 a.m.

Knowles was interviewed by Matt Lauer on “The Today Show” this morning and [...]

U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, energetic and seemingly humbled by the attention her fainting spell earned her earlier this month, reassured reporters today that she was back to normal.

Lowey, who was in Congers to call for an end to the freeze of medical benefits on Priority Group 8 veterans, attributed her fall at a Clinton rally [...]

One day after Rockland for Obama opened its Rockland headquarters in Spring Valley, elected officials and community members are planning a gathering to show their support for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential run.

The group will meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday)  on the steps of the Allison-Parris County Office Building at 11 New Hempstead Road [...]

Okay so he personally won’t be working out of the Spring Valley location, but Barack Obama’s supporters say having a headquarters will allow them to reach more people before Tuesday’s primary.

The official opening of the Rockland for Obama will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at 250 Route 59 in the village.

In a news [...]

Clinton’s Rockland supporters will be rooting for their candidate during the Jan. 31 debate and raising money to put her in the top spot on Super Tuesday.
Doors to the debate watch party open at 7 p.m. at Riverspace Arts in Nyack, an hour ahead of the 8 p.m. start of the Democratic debate. Tickets, which [...]

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point today to tour the campus and eat lunch with nine of the cadets he sponsored for entry into the academy.

When he arrived (45 minutes late) he was ushered into the superintendent’s conference room, where he requested Sweet’N Low for his coffee. [...]

U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, returned to his district a few days ago after spending nearly a week in West Africa visiting tribes that make a living harvesting cocoa beans.

Engel was in Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana and Morocco as part of an initiatve he has worked on for the last several years to get children out [...]

Rockland County Legislator Patrick Withers, D-Suffern, has requested a meeting in Rockland regarding the Port Authority toll hikes so residents can voice their concerns. In a news release issued Thursday by Withers, he noted that with rising property taxes and other financial burdens, Rockland residents need a break from continuous government increases.

There are two hearings [...]

Presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be coming to Rockland on Oct. 31 for a fundraiser, according to Jeff Barker, Giuliani’s Northeast communications director.

Barker said Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, who has been tapped by Giuliani’s campaign to build support among New York’s county executives, is helping organize the [...]

U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, along with U.S. Reps. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., and Tim Walz, D-Minn. met in New Windsor today to listen to the stories of four veterans who have struggled to receive the benefits necessary to their recovery from service-related illnesses and injuries.

They gave two men a standing ovation. One was Sgt. [...]