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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...
< LEFT :The National Rifle Association logo is placed on the George R. Brown Convention Center by Lynn Creel, left, and Do...
(CBS/AP) The suspected bombers in the Boston Marathon attack had originally intended for the plot to happen on July 4th, CBS ...
(WBEN/AP) President Barack Obama argues that his signature health care law is already benefiting most Americans even if they ...
(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...
(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...
(CBS/AP) The surviving Boston bombing suspect is conscious and responding in writing to authorities, CBS News correspondent B...
The twin explosions that ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon triggered a massive manhunt tha...
SEATTLE (AP) -- The intensive manhunt for the bombers behind the deadly Boston Marathon attacks didn't take place only on...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the capture of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing closes what he calls &...
BOSTON (AP) - The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's ...
BOSTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring th...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a se...
BOSTON (WBEN/AP) -- CNN, Fox, and the Associated Press were among the news agencies that reported that there was an arrest in...
A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchp...
BOSTON (AP) -- The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd appear to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Bo...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism but inves...
(WBEN/AP) Niagara County lawmakers are enlisting a consultant to try to shield the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from app...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background ch...
(AP) The Senate gun control debate on the near horizon, a National Rifle Association-sponsored report on Tuesday proposed a p...
(AP) In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed g...
(CBS) HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the ...
A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun co...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The producers of the cable TV miniseries on the Bible say Internet chatter that their Satan character resemb...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama nominated Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor...
(AP) As the Republican Party struggles to broaden its appeal, the GOP's most prominent voices - past and potential presid...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit?It's a hotly debat...
Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials and has been brought to New Y...
Washington didn't implode and no one has yet crafted a politically viable way to roll back the cuts.Despite their unpopul...
(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...
(AP) New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation's toughest gun control measure into law after the Connectic...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity"President Obama has taken the middle...
Gun Show Registrations A Sticking Point On National Background Check Plan (AP) A dispute over whether to require record keepi...
President Barack Obama wants an increase in the minimum hourly wage from the current $7.25 to $9 by the end of 2015. ...
The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the ques...
(AP) President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is e...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Don't blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Mon...
(AP) The fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the pub...
(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) -- The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his ...
Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address, as provided by the White House:Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justic...
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...
Americans overwhelmingly favor universal background checks on all potential gun buyers, one of the proposals President Barack...
After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, politicians in Albany and Washington have both taken steps to contr...
Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken throu...
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...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next de...
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) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the government appears headed over the so-called fiscal cliff becaus...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a fede...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012."We a...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, schools are opening for the first time...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Narrowing a "fiscal cliff" negotiating gap, President Barack Obama is backing off what had once ...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A grief-stricken Newtown on Monday began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
Newtown, CT (AP) -- Remarks by President Barack Obama at the Sandy Hook prayer vigil in Newtown, Conn., Sunday night, as prov...
The Connecticut Shootings were the topic for the entire two hours of WBEN's Hardline program Sunday.Exclusive WBEN Audiof...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-sea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- As the world's most viewed dancer/rapper of all time finds himself apologizing for singing a song abo...
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,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans negotiating with President Barack Obama on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff are propos...
WASHINGTON — Republicans' newfound willingness to consider tax increases to avert the "fiscal cliff" come...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- New York Lt.Gov.Robert Duffy says the fiscal cliff situation is real, but he believes lawmakers will rea...
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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...
(CBS News) In the wake of the sex scandal that led to David Petraeus' resignation from his position as the director of th...
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...
(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 ...
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...
Investors are dumping stocks as they turn their focus to a world of problems now that the election is over - tax increases an...
President Barack Obama says the American people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic ti...
President Barack Obama says the American people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic ti...
Boston, MA (AP) Mitt Romney conceded the presidential race to President Obama, thanking his supporters early Wednesday mornin...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Hochul has lost her bid for re-election in the Republican-leaning district...
Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage t...
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first t...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy...
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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 ...
By late Tuesday, the winds and flooding inflicted by the fast-weakening Sandy had subsided, leaving at least 55 people dead a...
Before Superstorm Sandy put the presidential race on pause, President Obama held just a one-point lead over Mitt Romney natio...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 90 percent of Long Island utility customers are without electricity after San...
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...
Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools ...
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (WBEN/AP) -- Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular tr...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Associated Press polls finds that racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United ...
The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by cons...
(AP) The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by...
(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...
New York, NY (WBEN) Calling President Obama the least transparent president in history, Donald Trump's major announcement...
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...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his high favorability ratings out on the campaign trail for fellow D...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
This is the Columbus Day observance in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Metro Bus and Rail are on a ...
In a largely Democratic Buffalo Senate District, Republican incumbent Mark Grisanti appears to have a roughly 2 to 1 advantag...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The latest poll from Sienna College Research Institute sets the race in New York's 27th Congressional ...
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...
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. ...
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...
See The Entire Debate on The Video at Leftor listen to it and the closing statements below.WBEN AUDIOHEAR IT HERELISTEN TO TH...
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...
(CBS News) After a solid six months of general election campaigning, the presidential race has entered the home stretch. Elec...
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...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state's congressional elections are testing the staying power of Republicans who rode a tea...
Washington, DC (AP/WBEN) Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of ...
(WBEN) Rather than rely on shifting polls and swing state numbers, University at Buffalo political science professor James Ca...
(CBS News) President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in the key swing states of Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado, ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The city's teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines,...
(CBS News) LOS ANGELES - In campaign 2012, Mitt Romney is addressing the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles on Monda...
(CBS News) LOS ANGELES - In campaign 2012, Mitt Romney is addressing the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles on Monda...
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the Democrats' short list for president in 2016, he certainly isn't acting like i...
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, ...
U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow any momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Now that the conventions are over, there are two months between now and election day. What can we expect f...
Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?Share a Comment on Facebook.com/WBEN930 or At the Bottom of This PageVIDEO : ...
(WBEN/AP) Republicans and Democrats jockeyed for economic high ground in a Labor Day warm-up to the Democratic National Conve...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new recession is likely if a stalemate over tax and spending cuts continues between Democrats and Republ...
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...
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...
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) Two states that Barack Obama won in 2008 - after going for former President Bush in 2004 - are now split between P...
CBS News) Mitt Romney's tax returns continue to dog the candidate as Democrats call on the presumptive nominee to release...
U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.The Labor Department said Fri...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House have passed a bill to extend tax cuts due to expire Dec. 31, officially ...
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...
In these images taken from video provided by KUSA.com, James Holmes, left, the suspected gunman in Friday's Colorado thea...
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...
(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...
(CBS/AP) The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center is the most memorable moment shared by television vie...
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...
(AP) U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still str...
(AP) SANDUSKY, Ohio - Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet o...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In promoting the health care law, President Barack Obama is repeating his persistent and unsubstantia...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major union and an outside group committed to electing Democrats to the House have reserved nearly $...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has passed a massive measure that will salvage some 2.8 million jobs and shield college students ...
Stocks dropped sharply Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld the central provision of President Barack Obama's health c...
(AP) The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health ca...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health...
Today, Republican voters in the newly drawn 27th Congressional Dist. go to the polls to select a candidate to challenge Democ...
The Supreme Court will issue its last opinions on Thursday, with its decision on President Barack Obama's health care ove...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Homeland Security spending bill approved by the GOP-led House on Thursday includes a provision to bar...
Following a brief but bruising campaign, both sides of the recall election targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are prepared...
(AP) WASHINGTON - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel ...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDavid Mark, Politico.com(AP/WBEN)A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama is air...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The business group created to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies on Friday filed its overdue incom...
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...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) -President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a speech on the economy that will use the backdrop of a ...
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...
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...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) --Mitt Romney has easily won New York's presidential primary and most if not all the state's 95 del...
Mitt Romneyis all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a nearly definitive end to the Repu...
WASHINGTON - It's official: President Barack Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, ending a ...
A prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service has grown in scope, with the disclosure that U.S. agents and military per...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has revoked the top secret security clearances for all 11 agents and officers accuse...
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - The Secret Service says President Barack Obama's security will not be affected, but a number o...
Ann Romney fought back Thursday against a Democrat who suggested she's no economic expert because she "hasn't wo...
(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...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New York is part of the next batch of primaries set for April 24th, anda local expert thinks it's only ...
TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES: Two states and the District of Columbia vote, but the marquee contest is in Wisconsin. It's the ...
(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...
Police video of George Zimmerman addsto the debate overself-defenseSEE THAT VIDEO HEREWASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bobby Rush donn...
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...
The 16 teams left standing in the NCAA women's tournament include many of the usual suspects and a few surprises too.Brittney...
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...
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...
If there was any doubt which candidate Pres. Obama is either worried about --or maybe just feels could motivate his own base-...
Closely fought primaries in Alabama and Mississippiofferformer Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney a key opportunity in a regi...
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run w...
(CBS) Romney eked out a narrow victory in the Ohio Republican primary on Tuesday. The CBS News exit poll of Ohio Republican p...
(WBEN) Talk show host Rush Limbaugh opened his program Monday by saying that his weekend apology to Sandra Fluke over his ear...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effo...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN/AP) - It's a much fatter pay check being picked up by rank and file General Motors workers today. $...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contracepti...
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...
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, NY (WBEN/CBS) The Obama administration is increasing spending on Alzheimer's research — planning to surpas...
(AP)WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family m...
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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney seized a commanding lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for...
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...
As Gingrich and Romney square off in Florida, they are doing so with ads that target each otherWBEN EXTRA: See The Advertisem...
(WBEN) Longtime Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics Editor Jim Galloway is hard pressed to find some personal nugget that i...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the state of the union is getting stronger, and he says the country has come to...
Why did Newt Gingrich win South Carolina?His media bashing rebuttal to an ex-wife's charges certainly resonated, accordin...
One of the WBEN's regular political commentators is revising his view of President Barack Obama's re-election chances, as Mit...
(AP) Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distingu...
President Obama visited his hometown of Chicago Wednesday, but in reliably Democratic Illinois the president didn't bother wi...
Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and eager t...
(AP) Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and ea...
(AP) Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman vowed Tuesday to press on to South Carolina after finishing third in the New Hampshire pri...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mitt Romney is the winner of the New Hampshire primary, adding to his win in Iowa last week.The dual vic...
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) -- Voters in the tiny New Hampshire village famed for casting the first ballots in the nation's fir...
COMPLETEELECTIONCOVERAGE: ClickFor The WBENPolitics Page Voting has already begun in New Hampshire's ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - A wreath has been laid at the gravesite of former U.S. President Millard Fillmore to commemorate th...
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(AP) Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.Still, job growth remains to...
(AP) Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.Still, job growth remains to...
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