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Albany, NY (WBEN) Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been on the hot seat for what some call the mishandling of the Vito Lop...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The chairman of Erie County's Republican Party says he's heard the sound of silence from the area&...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - A published report says a member of the Assembly's Democratic conference is calling on Speaker S...
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing new legislation to ease the burden for students who have borrowed t...
After a week of information slowly trickling out about the political discrimination carried out by the IRS, the public will f...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has su...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another...
Amid a rising tide of outrage following revelations that the IRS targeted conservative tea party groups for excessive review ...
(WBEN) Bernie Tolbert, the former special agent in charge of the Buffalo FBI office launched his campaign for mayor of Buffal...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third t...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As Bernie Tolbert announces his campaign for Mayor, the chairman of Erie County's Democratic Partyis g...
A Tunisian man has been arrested in New York and accused of trying to stay in the U.S. illegally to build a terrorism cell.Th...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York's Indian casinos could face competition in their backyards if tribes ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN/AP) The only inmate convicted of murder following the 1971 Attica prison uprising has died in Canada, where...
New York, NY (AP) State Sen. John Sampson has been indicted on charges of embezzlement, obstruction of justice and lying to t...
(AP) A once-powerful New York state senator was arrested on Monday in a widening corruption scandal that has resulted in crim...
(CBS News) "Everybody in the mission" in Benghazi, Libya, thought the attack on a U.S. consulate there last Sept. 1...
(AP) Who are Wilson and Pakula and why is their arcane 1947 law a major issue in Albany today?Wilson-Pakula is the original p...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli officials have confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it ...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -For the sixth year in a row, The City of Buffalo will hold a gun buyback program today, offeringdona...
< LEFT :The National Rifle Association logo is placed on the George R. Brown Convention Center by Lynn Creel, left, and Do...
(CBS) In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, 66 percent of Americans now think another terrorist attack in the U.S. is ...
(AP) Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. But he's denying ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the str...
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which houses Bush's library and museum along with his policy institute, will be d...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) In light of the controversial case of David Lewis, the Amherst man whose pistol permits were taken away th...
(AP) An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillar...
Washington, DC (AP) Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet...
(AP) A New York state senator has spurred controversy online by asking in a tweet if the Boston Marathon bombing suspect arre...
Batavia, NY (WBEN) State Senator Michael Ranzenhofer has added his name to those sponsoring legislation calling for the repea...
BOSTON (AP) - A federal courthouse in Boston has been evacuated amid conflicting reports that a suspect in the Boston Maratho...
A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchp...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism but inves...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy has sent one of its bomb-disposal units to Boston to assist local authorities as needed in the aft...
(AP) In a blistering report, Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez over what they said...
Garbage piled high, unsafe parks, failing schools, strikes and choking taxes were all part of the backdrop of early 1970s New...
TOKYO (AP) -- The United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous ...
(AP) GOP lawmakers have subpoenaed the private emails of Labor secretary-nominee Thomas Perez, a possible sticking point ahea...
(WBEN/AP) Niagara County lawmakers are enlisting a consultant to try to shield the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from app...
(CBS News) As the Senate gears up for the first fight over new gun legislation in two decades, Republicans do not appear to h...
North Korea has completed preparations for a missile test that could come any day, a South Korean Defense Ministry official s...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background ch...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - A western New York veteran who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II is set to r...
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the second time in a week, a political corruption scandal has resulted in the arrest of a New York state...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who four months ago broke the news to shocked parents that their children had ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) On with Tom Bauerle Thursday morning, Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard says he cannot enforce any federal gu...
(CBS News) - It's three years and seven months before the next presidential election but when word got out that both Hill...
(AP) In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed g...
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York state lawmaker and several other politicians have been arrested, in an alleged plot to pay bribes ...
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York state lawmaker and several other politicians have been arrested, in an alleged plot to pay bribes ...
(CBS) HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York's Assembly has given final legislative approval to a$135 billion state budget.The A...
In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that ...
(WBEN) After a late night marathon session that ended after 5 Wednesday morning, the state senate has approved the bills comp...
New York will spend $27.74 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun contr...
A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun co...
ALBANY — New York’s budget that lawmakers will begin voting into law this weekend is based on their power to stop...
(WBEN) Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown asked supporters to carry a message of hope and progress to each neighborhood in the city as...
Syracuse, N.Y. (WBEN) - Turn Albany Upside Down. That's what Carl Paladino plans to do today in Syracuse when an organiza...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Erie County Republican Committee recently approved a resolution calling for the repeal of the NYSAFE A...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have an agreement on a state budget that would include raising the minimum...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Legislators are starting to sign off on some aspects of the state budget as a final agreement draws near ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders have emerged from a brief closed-door meeting without ...
(AP) Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit were killed and several injured in a training accident at the Hawthorne Army De...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Sure, the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination is a couple of years away, but many are wondering ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama nominated Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor...
After Ron Paul's son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., won this year's CPAC straw poll on Saturday, some in the GOP are wonderi...
Mayor Byron Brown is expected to announce his candidacy for re-election later this year, and Bernard Tolbert, the former Spec...
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders met Sunday in preparation of what they hope will be a Monday announce...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the cruise ship industry to adopt a "bill of rights" to...
(AP) As the Republican Party struggles to broaden its appeal, the GOP's most prominent voices - past and potential presid...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's Legislature is calling for more spending, tax cuts and a higher minimum wage, even a roll-...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has launched a new website, open.ny.gov, to provide user-friendly, one-stop access to data f...
(WBEN) Still pulling downpopularity ratings that outstrip most politicians nationwide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has seen a dip in hi...
(WBEN) If Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard could re-write the state's new gun control measure, he would toss out the curren...
(AP) The next US Labor Secretary will apparently be a man with strong ties to the Buffalo area.President Obama will soon nomi...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit?It's a hotly debat...
(WBEN/AP) Federal authorities have released a list of New York airports where control towers may be closed or lose overnight ...
Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials and has been brought to New Y...
After his gun control fight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo became a more polarizing figure but retained his popularity among his fellow N...
(CBS/AP) Sen. Rand Paul ended his self-described filibuster against the confirmation of President Obama's nominee to lead...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic incr...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's vice president announced that President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday, ending 14 yea...
(AP) Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases in a new t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) — Republicans in the state Senate said they are trying to scale back parts of the landmark gun c...
Washington didn't implode and no one has yet crafted a politically viable way to roll back the cuts.Despite their unpopul...
Niagara Falls (WBEN) -- U.S. Representative Chris Collins (NY-27) on Friday said he believes the federal sequester is unfairl...
(AP) A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that w...
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examp...
Washington (WBEN) -- Congressman Brian Higgins still has hope the government can avoid the sequester and talked about his con...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity"President Obama has taken the middle...
(WBEN/AP) Department of Defense workers in New York could be the state's biggest losers in automatic cuts to the federal ...
Gun Show Registrations A Sticking Point On National Background Check Plan (AP) A dispute over whether to require record keepi...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) By a 7-4 vote, the Erie County Legislature has approved a resolution sponsored by Republicans to repeal th...
Former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul has taken a postition with M& T Bank as their Vice President of Government Relations.Hochul...
(WBEN) By unanimous vote, the Niagara County Legislature passed a resolution calling on the state government in Albany to rep...
Falconer (WBEN/AP) -- A New York lawmaker says he'd have no problem raising the federal minimum wage.U.S. Senator Charles...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget should...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
President Barack Obama wants an increase in the minimum hourly wage from the current $7.25 to $9 by the end of 2015. ...
Two years after a shoving and shouting match during Carl Paladino's 2010 gubernatorial race, he held a slightly less conf...
government moneyto create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the de...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Erie County Legislature is considering a measure that opposes the state's new gun-control law.The L...
(WBEN/AP) Supporters and opponents of the state's new gun restrictions have scheduled competing rallies at the Capitol, w...
THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSfollowed by the GOP response from Sen. Marco RubioTONIGHT AT 9 PM | 107.7 FM | 930 AM | WBEN.co...
(WBEN) In a city where Democratic Party enrollment beats Republicans by 7 to 1, Sergio Rodriguez admits his candidacy for May...
(AP) President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is e...
SEATTLE (AP) - From legalizing the industrial production of hemp to establishing a federal tax, an effort is building in Cong...
(AP) The fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the pub...
ALBANY (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's popularity has plummeted among Republicans, Democrats and independents after ...
(WBEN/AP) As state and federal officials discuss restrictions on guns, neither has a monopoly on confusion, contradiction and...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher ...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort fa...
A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's im...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents from Newtown, Conn., are joining a march on Washington for gun control with parents, pastors, sur...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The push to increase New York's minimum wage affecting millions of workers got a boost and hit a snag...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid ...
(CBS) In two of her final public appearances as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton will testify today in much-anticipated he...
Washington, DC (WBEN) The leader of Erie County's Democrats says he liked what he heard from President Obama in his inaug...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his ...
Almost 50 years ago, WBEN Newsman John Zach was sent to Georgia by WKBW Radio to cover Martin Luther King and the Civil Right...
As the eyes of the nation turn to Washington for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, there are several Western New Yo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday in an intimate s...
The National Rifle Association said the secretive negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun con...
Americans overwhelmingly favor universal background checks on all potential gun buyers, one of the proposals President Barack...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- An area state lawmaker -- who voted for the gun control measure -- discussed his vote on Wednesday.Democrat...
Shortly after Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature agreed to fresh new gun control measures in New York State-- including...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP) Members of the State Assembly are debating the issue of gun control in the Empire State. This comes a da...
Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken throu...
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school s...
Houston, TX (AP) Former President George H.W. Bush has left a Houston hospital where he spent nearly two months recovering fr...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's reviewing a list of proposals from Vice President Joe Biden about how...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Charles Schumer says requiring universal background checks is something that could pass Congress desp...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - People familiar with the internal negotiations say Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have a tenta...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Supporters of the effort to raise New York's minimum wage held a rally Friday morning in Buffalo to urg...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the U...
While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increas...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he will deliver recommendations to President Barack Obama on steps to curb v...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting at the White House with victims groups a...
(WBEN) By the time Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of The State message this afternoon, expect either a deal on gun cont...
Kenmore, NY (WBEN) No one appears to have been seriously injured after a school bus hit a building.The bus hit the side of th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next de...
(CBS) After a series of health problems that ultimately landed her in the hospital with a blood clot in her head, Secretary o...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Kathy Hochul is back to civilian life, as her term in Congress expired Wednesday. One former deputy county...
(WBEN/AP) Congress is ushering in the new and the old - dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the hars...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's disappointed that Congress failed to vote as expected on an aid ...
Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street after lawmakers averted sweeping cuts in government spending and with a last...
A deal on the government's budget priorities has been reached, raising taxes on the wealthy, extendinglong-term unemploym...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to block the "fiscal cliff" is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama&...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans sorted glumly through unsavory fiscal cliff choices ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racing the clock, the White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic aide says the White House and congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to avert th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fisca...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House will be back in session Sunday evening as the "fiscal cliff" looms, threatening across...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the government appears headed over the so-called fiscal cliff becaus...
HOUSTON (AP) - A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.Bush...
The leaders of New York’s Legislature say they are poised for a banner 2013 session and they are — on paper.A Sen...
Undated (WBEN) -- A local group is skeptical about the latest national push to develop policies to curb gun violence.Presiden...
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the country continues to creep closer to the so-called "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boeh...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer "concrete proposals&q...
Washington DC (WBEN/CBS) - President Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the ...
New York, N.Y. (CBS News) - Following the devastating mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., support for stricter gun control laws ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Narrowing a "fiscal cliff" negotiating gap, President Barack Obama is backing off what had once ...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House "fiscal cliff" meeting between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boeh...
Washington, DC (CBS) CBS News confirms Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration as secretary of state.Rice, the U...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP)- We're used to being outraged at the cost per gallon, but not when it comes to a bowl of cereal or i...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Attorney General's Office has proposed regulations requiring nonprofits to annually disc...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinka...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Two area state lawmakers are leading a push get their colleagues to approve publicly-financed election camp...
HOOKSET, N.H. (AP) -- Fear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular ou...
Undated (WBEN) -- As the nation waits for leaders in Washington to reach agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff,...
The Erie County Legislature approves the next county budget -- rejecting a 3.4 percent tax increase and cutting $8.5 mill...
Some new numbers- and some old conventional wisdom are in lockstep this morning: Democrats would love to see Hillary Clinton ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) We're only a month removed from the last presidential election, but some are already thinking about th...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) We're only a month removed from the last presidential election, but some are already thinking about th...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference say they've struck a deal to take contro...
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans negotiating with President Barack Obama on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff are propos...
HOUSTON (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough.Bush'...
WASHINGTON — Republicans' newfound willingness to consider tax increases to avert the "fiscal cliff" come...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Buffalo MayorByron Brown doesn't have a problem with the statereviewing the long-term viability of the ...
(WBEN) Congressman Brian Higgins says the New York State Department of Transportation has now agreed to look into different p...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- New York Lt.Gov.Robert Duffy says the fiscal cliff situation is real, but he believes lawmakers will rea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congresswoman Kathy Hochul believes a balanced approach will get America away from the fiscal cliff and th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, which have led to the first 2 1/2 months of th...
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - CBS News has learned that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) cut specific refe...
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Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back home.Touring the Wat Pho...
Israel has targeted the headquarters of Hamas leaders and other key facilities in Gaza, on the fourth day of Israeli air stri...
During a press conference addressing security issues after the September 11 terrorist attack in Libya, Sen. John McCain, R-Ar...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the...
(AP) President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support his plan to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, tel...
Irving (WBEN) -- The Seneca Nation of Indians on Tuesday held its Canvass Day Swearing-In Ceremony at the Seneca Gaming & Ent...
(CBS News) They don't want to take their country back. They just want to leave it behind.As the dust settles in the wake ...
(CBS News) ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The Pentagon says the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is u...
Who will run for President in 2016?Delawareans are pondering whether Vice President Joe Biden will run for the job in2016, bu...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida.The sta...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says raising taxes on wealthiest Americans must be part of deficit reduction plan b...
In a new video released by his campaign, President Barack Obama wipes away tears as he thanks members of his campaign staff a...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As Americans rehash the presidential election, a number of pollsters and pundits were proven wrong in thei...
Stocks are closing with their worst one-day loss of the year as investors look past the election and focus on big problems ah...
President Barack Obama says the American people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic ti...
smallerLargerfacebooktwittergoogle pluslinked ininShare0EmailPrintSave ↓ MoreALBANY, N.Y. — Deciding who has enoug...
President Barack Obama says the American people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic ti...
Irving, NY (WBEN) Barry Snyder is back as president of the Seneca Nation of Indians. He won a six person contest Tuesday.Barr...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Hochul has lost her bid for re-election in the Republican-leaning district...
Hamburg, NY (WBEN) The race between Kathy Hochul and Chris Collins for the 27th Congressional District seat is still up in th...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York has won her bid for a 14th term in the House of Representatives...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Renewed Republican control of the House has moved into view as Election Day's initial returns show Dem...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has won election to her first full term representing New York, fe...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Turnout was projected to be heavy for this presidential race, and voters did not disappoint."We'r...
Sixty percent of voters who cast ballots on Election Day or earlier say the economy is the most important issue in their vote...
Clarence, NY (WBEN) It's been a steady stream of voters at polling locations in Western New York, including the Clarence ...
Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage t...
Undated (WBEN) -- The polls show Kathy Hochul and Chris Collins are running in a tight race, and apollsterhas an idea of what...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) One elections commissioner is predicting turnout at 75 percent for today's presidential elections.&quo...
Undated (WBEN) -- Both Kathy Hochul and Chris Collins are into the final hours of campaigning in their race for the Congress....
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort ...
(WBEN) With all the attention on Democratic Cong. Kathy Hochul's battle against Republican Chris Collins, there may be vo...
CBSNews.com's Brian Montopoli writes:(CBSNEWS) Despite the fact that the presidential election is days away, the scene on...
BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) -- President Barack Obama inspected Sandy's devastation from high above Wednesday, viewing flooded ...
(WBEN) Many experts and observers say that while Hurricane Sandy may change President Obama and Mitt Romney's "groun...
Before Superstorm Sandy put the presidential race on pause, President Obama held just a one-point lead over Mitt Romney natio...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's confident that state and federal governments have done all they can t...
AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is curtailing his campaign schedule as Hurricane Sandy b...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Associated Press polls finds that racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United ...
(CBS News) We're down to the last 12 days of campaign 2012 and a new poll out Thursday night shows Mitt Romney has closed...
WASHINGTON (AP) — What gender gap?Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased Presiden...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court will not hear a challenge to the state's 2011 law legalizing same-sex marria...
President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing...
BOCA RATON, Fla. (WBEN/AP) -- President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney went toe to toe Monday night in a meeting that saw both ...
(CBS) President Obama is holding on to a five-point lead over Republican Mitt Romney in Ohio, but that margin has been cut in...
Debate Preview:Prof. BruceBryski with John & Susan Debate Tonight: Coverage begins at 9 pm on 930 AM | 107.7 FM | WBEN.com St...
Rochester (WBEN/AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton has attracted quite a crowd of about 3,000 at the Armory in Rochesterfor...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his high favorability ratings out on the campaign trail for fellow D...
There might not be any better proof about how revved up the Democratic base needs to be this election year than a big rally i...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney poked gentle but sharp fun at one another ...
Supporters of both presidential candidates are doing even more finger-poinitng than the two contenders did last night on stag...
Two alphas in the fight of their lives, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred with passion and grit in a ...
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favoring a "one-point plan" t...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The candidates in a high-profile congressional race shared the stage Tuesdaynight to debate the issues.They...
Bill Clinton will visit Western New York on Friday on behalf of area Congresswomen Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaughter, both De...
Mitt Romney would love another debate like the last one. President Barack Obama most certainly would not.Twenty-one days befo...
Politico.com writes:"President Barack Obama clings to a 1-point national lead in a head-to-head matchup with the GOP nom...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to D...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As President Obama and Mitt Romney debate this month, how much are voters getting out the debates? Not muc...
VERBATIM from the NYS Board of Elections:Qualifications to Register to Votebe a United States citizen;be 18 years old by Dece...
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare...
On the heels of last week's presidential debate, Mitt Romney has emerged with a one-point edge over President Obama in Co...
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in ...
Amherst (WBEN) -- Former First Lady Laura Bush addressing a crowd last night at the University at Buffalo'sAlumni Arena.S...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congressman Brian Higgins has been calling for it in Washington. Now State Senator Tim Kennedy is calling ...
It was bound to happen: Big Bird's appearance in an anti-Mitt Romney TV ad.The Obama campaign released a new ad today tha...
In a largely Democratic Buffalo Senate District, Republican incumbent Mark Grisanti appears to have a roughly 2 to 1 advantag...
The economy is the number one issue and (voters) overwhelmingly trust Chris Collins to fix this economy. -Chris Grant, Collin...
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (AP) - The presidential race enters its final month enlivened by two events with the potential to reshape t...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed legislation naming Buffalo's new federal courthouse after the late...
His performance panned, President Barack Obama is changing his debate strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, aides concedin...
Grudgingly from the left and with celebration from the right, there is a growing body of opinions that say Mitt Romney won We...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential...
DENVER (AP) -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in the...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Some people are planning to watch tonight's debate at a local viewing party.Erie County Democrats are c...
(CBS News) After a solid six months of general election campaigning, the presidential race has entered the home stretch. Elec...
(WBEN) The tumultuous saga of replacing Len Lenihan as Erie County Democratic Party Chairman adds another turn with challenge...
PresidentBarack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to r...
(CBS News) On the heels of several new polls showing President Obama opening up big leads over Mitt Romney in key battlegroun...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Democratic challenger Betty Jean Grant wants all the ballots counted -- as the canvass of votes continues i...
(AP) A Republican state senator who voted to legalize gay marriage in New York and shot back at conservative critics that the...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) State Senator Tim Kennedy has seen his lead grow in the State Senate primary against Betty Jean Grant. A p...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state's congressional elections are testing the staying power of Republicans who rode a tea...
(CBS News) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUATERS, New York - President Obama arrived in New York Monday afternoon for the United Nations...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Erie County Comptroller's office says it's beginning an audit of the Erie County Water Authorit...
Washington, DC (AP/WBEN) Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) One of Buffalo's oldest places to grab a bite and a beer is back in business. Ulrich's recently re...
(WBEN) Rather than rely on shifting polls and swing state numbers, University at Buffalo political science professor James Ca...
The View. Ohio. 60 Minutes. Virginia. ABC, NBC, CBS,. Wisconsin. Repeat. Buffalo, NY (WBEN) With weeks left, the media battle...
LATHAM, N.Y. — New York military officials say 500 Army National Guard soldiers have returned from Afghanistan to a pos...
(CBS News) President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in the key swing states of Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter says he persuaded the source who secretly taped Republican pr...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Political strategist Karl Rove says he's not a betting man, but he would wage money Mitt Romney to win ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The new federal courthouse is open on Niagara Square in Buffalo, but what about the old courthouse a few h...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The New York Department of State is warning consumers about a recent scam involving people impersonating de...
(CBS/AP) - There were violence protests at a U.S. military outpost near the Afghan capital Monday after a weekend of bloodshe...
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the Democrats' short list for president in 2016, he certainly isn't acting like i...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The political strategistregarded as the architect of the Bush presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004will s...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- With the primary election now in the rear-view mirror, the political parties are focusing their attention o...
Undated (WBEN) -- Incumbent State Senator Mark Grisanti has claimed victory in his GOP primary over challenger Kevin Stocker....
An investigation will focus on whether the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A county elections commissioner says turnout for this primary day will depend on where the races are."...
(CBS/AP) Libyan officials said Wednesday that U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens was among four Americans killed...
(WBEN) Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was in studio Tuesday morning with John and Susan to talk about the many projects now underw...
Is it time for a different kind of Sept. 11? In Washington at the National Cathedral, and at the GroundZero site ceremonies a...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy(AP) Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, ...
(AP) New York's Democratic scandal that includes lurid tales of a groping assemblyman and a secret settlement by the powe...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Now that the conventions are over, there are two months between now and election day. What can we expect f...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Among the Democrats at the national convention in Charlotte, one locally familiar face won't be there....
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Former Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello will not run for the chairmanship of the Erie County Democratic Comm...
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(WBEN/AP) Republicans and Democrats jockeyed for economic high ground in a Labor Day warm-up to the Democratic National Conve...
(CBS News) As the Democratic National Convention swings into full gear, new Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans...
(WBEN/AP) An official familiar with the probe says New York's attorney generalEric Schneidermanis investigating some of t...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A TV blogger says Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is not his rea...
Western New York had a brief indirect mention at the Republican national convention last night in Tampa.During his vice presi...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republicans have nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president, culminating a long primar...
(CBS News) A new CBS News poll out Tuesday shows that half of registered voters think that Mitt Romney does not understand th...
Tampa, FL (WBEN) A pair of Tampa radio hosts are gearing up for the Republican National Convention in their city. The mood is...
(WBEN) Several candidates are jockeying for the right to replace longtime chair Len Lenihan as head of the county's Democ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) One political science professor thinks the comments made by Todd Akin on abortion and rape could not have ...
(CBS News) Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate appears to have energized some likely voters in Ryan&...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new recession is likely if a stalemate over tax and spending cuts continues between Democrats and Republ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan acknowledges he urged Missouri Congressman Todd Akin to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on Republican Todd Akin to abandon his Senate bid...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rep. Todd Akin has reiterated his intention to stay in the Missouri Senate race after making comments that w...
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri Rep. Todd Akin apologized Monday for his televised comments that women's bodies are able to pr...
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the ot...
One new poll suggests there is a very close race for Congress in Western New York.Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Hochul and R...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As pundits go over the numbers in the first poll of the race for Congress between incumbent Democrat Kathy...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York is joining 13 states that allow voters to register online in an effort to improve voter turnout ...
(WBEN) A new 22-minute video by former military special operations members and CIA officers accuses President Obama of leakin...
(CBS News) In his solo first interview since tapping Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney on Wednesday attempted to cre...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A tough new voter identification law championed by Republicans can take effect in Pennsylvania for No...
If you think the presidential election is inspiring people, think again.A Suffolk University-USA Today poll released Wednesda...
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, telling an audience in southern Virginia...
(CBS News) DES MOINES - Paul Ryan is a rising star in the Republican Party, has served in office 14 years, and he's well-...
Undated (WBEN/AP) -- Republican vice presidential candidatePaul Ryan spent Monday speaking with voters and campaigning in Iow...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- At least one Buffalo-area political analyst sees Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a bit a surprise....
(CBS News) - A gunman wearing an Afghan uniform has shot to death three American troops in the southern Helmand province, acc...
(CBS News) Two states that Barack Obama won in 2008 - after going for former President Bush in 2004 - are now split between P...
Salamanca, NY (WBEN) The Seneca Nation and the State DOT have agreed to begin work on the Southern Tier Expressway, I-86.The ...
CBS News) Mitt Romney's tax returns continue to dog the candidate as Democrats call on the presumptive nominee to release...
(CBS News) DENVER - Mitt Romney fired back on Thursday against Democrats questioning his tax proposals and tax-paying history...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House have passed a bill to extend tax cuts due to expire Dec. 31, officially ...
(CBS News) President Obama leads Mitt Romney among likely voters in Ohio and Florida - and has a double-digit lead in Pennsyl...
(CBS News) A controversial contraception coverage mandate goes into effect today, requiring health insurance companies to pro...
In the past several days, both candidates for the 27th Congressional District seat have specifically invoked the middle class...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten days after the Colorado movie theater massacre, federal lawmakers introduced a bill that would effective...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A congressional subcommittee is set to hold a field hearing in Buffalo. The Homeland Security subcommitt...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand support an increase to the federal minimum wage,...
(CBS News) In his first trip abroad as a presidential candidate, Mitt Romney intended to show off his strength as a statesman...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
"When we have incidents like this in America things are never the same afterwards. Things were never the same after 9-11...
Undated (WBEN) -- It appears the 27th Congresional District race between Repubican Chris Collins and incumbent Democrat Kathy...
Nearly two out of three registered voters believes that President Obama's policies contributed to some degree to the econ...
(WBEN) Weeks after a national Democratic organization pledged over $200,000 to help re-elect Kathy Hochul, the National R...
Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and Republicans retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama'...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineLen Lenihan, Erie Co. Dem. Party ChairThis time he says it is for real. Len Lenihan, ...
(CBS News) The battle over whether Mitt Romney should release more than two years of his tax returns is a rerun of past presi...
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have one campaign strategy in common: Each is tryin...
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll only release to the public one m...
(CBS News) President Obama's biggest mistake during his first term, he told CBS News in an exclusive interview, has been ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. But the electio...
The House of Representatives has voted more than 30 times to scrap, defund or undercut the law since Obama signed it in March...
(CBS News) Discord at the Supreme Court is deep and personal after Chief Justice John Roberts' surprise decision to side ...
Leaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wannabes are auditioning.And, chances are, lies are...
Orchard Park, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Bills have signed their third round draft pick, TJ Graham. He was the last of this year&#...
(CBS News/WBEN) President Obamaon Monday announcingpush to extend the so-called Bush-era tax cuts for low and middle-income A...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state appeals court has ruled against a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law.The ...
(AP) SANDUSKY, Ohio - Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet o...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major union and an outside group committed to electing Democrats to the House have reserved nearly $...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Mitt Romney on Friday made a brief stop in Buffalo for two fundraisers, and protesters chanted across the r...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has declared that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold informati...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has passed a massive measure that will salvage some 2.8 million jobs and shield college students ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) It didn't take long after the Supreme Court ruled on the individual mandate and other parts of the hea...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a precedent-setting resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal con...
(AP) The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health ca...
(CBS News) No one -- aside from the high court's nine justices -- can presume to know how the Supreme Court will rule on ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, now just hours away, marks ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Attorney Wendy Long has won a three-way Republican primary to take on Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall'...
Amherst (WBEN) -- Political observers generally don't expect a large turnout for a primary election, and the numbers may ...
Republican Primary New 27th Congressional District THE LATEST RESULTS County Results: Erie | Niagara | Orleans | Wyoming | Ge...
(CBS) The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Monday to strike down a Montana law that limits corporate spending on elections ma...
Today, Republican voters in the newly drawn 27th Congressional Dist. go to the polls to select a candidate to challenge Democ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The polling places will be the same as Republicans decide who they want to challenge Kathy Hochul in Novem...
Do you know how in the city of Buffalo, there are just so many Democrats that often times the primary election is the race th...
Washington (CBS) A year-and-a-half long investigation into a botched gun trafficking program culminated Wednesday with the Ho...
(AP) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Marco Rub...
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS:On Facebook/WBEN930 | In Our Webpoll (above) | At The Bottom of This PageDuring the preparations for Nik ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York parents will be able to see for the first time the job evaluations of the teachers who instruct ...
(AP) - The chief of U.N. observers in Syria says the mission is suspending its activities and patrols because of escalating v...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) By a 7-2 vote, Dr. Pamela Brown has been voted the new superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools.The Buffal...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) By a 7-2 vote, Dr. Pamela Brown has been voted to new superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools.Brown is cu...
Awater main break inBuffalo's Riverside section has closed somestreets:Military Rd. between Kenmore Ave and Layer Avenue,...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Homeland Security spending bill approved by the GOP-led House on Thursday includes a provision to bar...
(CBS News) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker retained his seat in the election that sought to recall him from office, defeating his...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has survived a recall election, defeating the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York officials say they've reached a deal on legislation to establish tighter online oversig...
Following a brief but bruising campaign, both sides of the recall election targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are prepared...
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's state media say Hosni Mubarak has suffered a "health crisis" while on his way to a Cairo ...
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has issued a statement renewing his call for increasing New York State's minimum wage. Si...
(CBS News) Nearly a year after announcing his presidential bid, CBS News estimates that Mitt Romney has earned the necessary ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) CBC reports the Canadian Consulate will be closing its office at HSBC Tower.About 75 people are employed t...
(CBS News) Businessman and reality TV host Donald Trump is once again entering the political fray -- by hosting a upcoming fu...
TAMPA, Florida - The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al Qaeda - hacking into al Qaeda websites...
(AP) WASHINGTON - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel ...
(CBS News) In an apparent effort to woo women voters, House Republicans are launching the "Women's Policy Committee,...
(CBS News) The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, criticized President Obama for failing to lead on t...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDavid Mark, Politico.com(AP/WBEN)A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama is air...
(CBS News) Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a slight edge over President Obama in the race for t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say a months-old proposal to raise the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead.The Ass...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- Though still with a commanding lead over Mitt Romney, New Yorkers are a little less supportive of Preside...
BERLIN (AP) - As Greece struggles to put together a new government, the head of Germany's central bank is warning that th...
Markets continued to fall on Thursday as talks to form a Greek government dragged into a fourth day, though Spanish shares re...
(WBEN) A bill that passed through the House Armed Services committee is making it look more likely that the current missions ...
On The Campaign Trail.....Fresh from declaring his support of same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama is diving into the em...
Washington, DC (AP) President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject...
(CBS News) -- Mitt Romney swept the three Republican primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia Tuesday, collecti...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) -President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a speech on the economy that will use the backdrop of a ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The race for the WhiteHouse is a virtual dead heat between Mitt Romney and President Obama, according to t...
PARIS (AP) — Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France'...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks declined to respond to a judge&...
(CBS News) Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who suspended his campaign Wednesday, had few good words a...
Even though Newt Gingrich is bowing out of the Republican presidential race today, his critical statements about likely nomin...
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesda...
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) - President Barack Obama is declaring that the defeat of the terrorists who attacked the U...
(CBS News) -- House Republicans investigating the Fast and Furious scandal plan to pursue a contempt citation against Attorne...
Sorry, your browser does not support iframesAre student loans a burden for you or your children? Is Congress on the right tra...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This year's primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secre...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans ignored a veto threat and overcame a rebellion by party conservatives to push a bill through t...
(WBEN/AP) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is all but conceding that his White House campaign is over, and CNN...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) --Mitt Romney has easily won New York's presidential primary and most if not all the state's 95 del...
Mitt Romney has won all fiveRepublican presidential primaries held Tuesday, including the balloting in New York. The other st...
Mitt Romneyis all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a nearly definitive end to the Repu...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is no longer the top Democrat in New York politics. He faces the ambitio...
WASHINGTON - It's official: President Barack Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, ending a ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo's newly opened federal courthouse is closer to having a name.Two weeks before the dedication...
"You never know. People should realize that upsets do happen and sometimes elections are decided by very slim margins......
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A delegation of theBuffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) has voted to reject the revised outline of a teacher-e...
A prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service has grown in scope, with the disclosure that U.S. agents and military per...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is scheduled to appear at a Buffalo rally later thi...
(CBS) Fully embracing his role as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney on Monday told President Obama...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has revoked the top secret security clearances for all 11 agents and officers accuse...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A new Siena Research Institute Poll says 43 percent of those surveyed say they pay too much in taxes, whil...
Ann Romney fought back Thursday against a Democrat who suggested she's no economic expert because she "hasn't wo...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The federal government will take steps to correct the name of a Western New York veteran on the Vietnam Mem...
(WBEN/AP) Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will campaign in Buffalo later this month, underscoring his vow to press on wi...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Rick Santorum all but closed the book on his presidential campaign Tuesday, leaving many wondering where h...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Bowing to the inevitable, Rick Santorum quit the presidential campaign Tuesday, clearing the way for ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New York is part of the next batch of primaries set for April 24th, anda local expert thinks it's only ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney assailed President Barack Obama as an "out of touch"...
TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES: Two states and the District of Columbia vote, but the marquee contest is in Wisconsin. It's the ...
(CBS News) -- President Obama has overtaken Republican candidate Mitt Romney for the first time of the 2012 campaign in a doz...
(AP/WBEN) A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank offic...
A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creat...
The city of Buffalo has a plan on the table tofinda developer for the2-acre- Webster Block, a 300 space parking lot near Firs...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Liberian man accused of leading a faction responsible for human rights abuses during the West African ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They did it again.New York's Senate and Assembly passed the state's second straight on-time budge...
Police video of George Zimmerman addsto the debate overself-defenseSEE THAT VIDEO HEREWASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bobby Rush donn...
(CBS News) Facing the reality of plummeting poll numbers and dwindling financial resources, Newt Gingrich's presidential ...
The campaigns of Mitt Romney and Ron Paul have filed a complaint alleging "serious and prejudicial misconduct" by s...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Democratic and Senate Republican majorities say they've agreed on th...
Protesters in favor of health care reform demonstrate outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 26, 2012, as a ...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN) Erie County Legislator John Mills has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for the new 27th Congre...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Chris Collins has officially announced his candidacy for the 27th Congressional District in Western New Yo...
New York's state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are scheduled to adopt a $132 billion budget within days for the 2...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Things move qucikly in the social media Twitter universe. Within a half hour of a Channel 7 reporter twe...
Amherst, NY (WBEN) Amherst Town Supervisor Barry Weinstein won't be among those running for Congress. Buta county lawmake...
Undated (WBEN) -- State Senator PatrickGallivan announced Tuesday nightthat he will forgo a campaign for Congress in favor of...
Undated (WBEN) -- Mickey Kearns has won the race to fill the vacancy in the 145th state Assembly district over Chris Fahey.Ke...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - Mitt Romney has won the Illinois Republican presidential primary, besting rival Rick Santorum in the ...
As they await an Illinois primary vote whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic profic...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineElections Comm. Dennis WardExclusive WBEN AudioFrom Hardline, The WBEN Politics Progr...
As they await an Illinois primary vote whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic profic...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal court has approved the congressional election districts lines for New York that were drawn by a...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) Members of the Niagara Military Affairs Council got an update on efforts to save the 107th from the ...
ROCHESTER (AP) - Three Republicans all earn a spot on a primary ballot in the contest to win the right to challenge Democrati...
Occupiers in New York City will commemorate the six-month mark with a rally Saturday in Zuccotti Park, where protesters campe...
(CBS) The U.S. soldier accused in the shooting rampage that left 16 Afghan civilians dead is being transferred back to the Un...
(WBEN/AP) New York would see up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, a doubled DNA database to fight crime and a less cushy pens...
If there was any doubt which candidate Pres. Obama is either worried about --or maybe just feels could motivate his own base-...
(AP/CBS) A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republ...
Closely fought primaries in Alabama and Mississippiofferformer Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney a key opportunity in a regi...
(CBS News) Newt Gingrich's spokesman on Sunday dismissed speculation about a potential Gingrich-Rick Perry ticket being a...
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run w...
TheMayor of the Village of Brockporthas been charged with official misconduct.Mayor Connie Castaneda was arrested Friday and ...
The Assembly’s Democratic majority this week will call for some restoration of anti-smoking funding after recent cuts d...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A U.S. service member walked out of his base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and starte...
ATLANTA (AP) -- Newt Gingrich's poor showing in every Super Tuesday state except Georgia gives him an increasingly narrow...
(AP) Former New York City Mayor Ed Kochsays Gov. Andrew Cuomo's path on redistricting will break his promise to reform th...
Tonawanda, NY (WBEN) A Tonawanda attorney is setting his sights on the State Senate seat currently held by Mark Grisanti.Kevi...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy is in Washington to make a case for preserving the Niagara ...
WBEN EXTRA:READ THE ENTIRE SIENA POLL HEREor their executive summary below(WBEN) While Mitt Romney has not been embraced by R...
(CBS) Romney eked out a narrow victory in the Ohio Republican primary on Tuesday. The CBS News exit poll of Ohio Republican p...
Voting across 10 states marks the busiest day of the Republican race for president and is expected to determine whether Mitt ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New York's junior senator remains critical of radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh over his comments abou...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) For years, politicians and those influential in the political world have had to say two little, yet import...
Another advertiser is dropping Rush Limbaugh, the ninth company to do so since the conservative talk show host's derogato...
(WBEN) Talk show host Rush Limbaugh opened his program Monday by saying that his weekend apology to Sandra Fluke over his ear...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Regional TEA party activists gathered Saturday to caucus on the presidential race and Rick Santorum emerge...
Washington DC (WBEN/CBS) - Western New York's Louise Slaughter is leading a group of Democratic members of Congress, pres...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effo...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contracepti...
(AP) The lengthy process to redraw election district lines in New York that will guide politics for the next decade is expect...
Mitt Romney is fighting to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in a high-stakes Michigan primary that will not decide the R...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- The GOP presidential candidates have had a lot of practice -- and will again debate the issues tonight i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits fo...
The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.Curious...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station is slated to receive $6 million in funding for a simulator...
(CBS) Rick Santorum has pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney in Republican primary voters' preference for the presidentia...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A New York senator involved in a fight at a casino that left him with bruised ribs and his wife with a c...
Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution that will protect religious liberty but a...
Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide ins...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Plenty of people are critical of a new rule in the health-care reform law that targets religious organizati...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but brushed ...
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(AP)WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family m...
With a landslide victory in Nevada, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has all the momentum he needs to propel him...
(AP/WBEN)- A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.A Sien...
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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney seized a commanding lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for...
The stories continue to emerge on the medical mysteryin the Town of LeRoy. A meeting was held Saturday morning by the LeRoy C...
Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A prominent member of theRepublican Party in Western New York says Mitt Romney rebounded well from his earl...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, reboundin...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The State Department of Transportation has announced structural repairs over the old Route 219 Bridge from...
ANALYSIS: Shorn of his front-runner image after a defeat by Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, Romney is campaigning for...
Florida's time has come.The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Repub...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The top Democrat in the state Legislature is pushing legislation to boost the state's minimum wage f...
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South Carolina primary voters are revealed some interesting information about what was on their minds as they left the polls....
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Buffalo, NY(WBEN)The State department of parks is issuing a statement on the proposed walk by Nik Wallenda across Niagara Fal...
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(CBS) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday cal...
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Buffalo (WBEN) -- Common Council president David Franczyk doesn't want to see fellow councillor Richard Fontana chosen as the...
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Buffalo, NY(WBEN)Mayor Byron Brown says there are no plans to evict Occupy Buffalo protesters from Niagara Square. This after...
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Republican candidate Herman Cain says he's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to a...
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