(AP) A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that w...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racing the clock, the White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House "fiscal cliff" meeting between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boeh...

Undated (WBEN) -- As the nation waits for leaders in Washington to reach agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff,...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Hochul has lost her bid for re-election in the Republican-leaning district...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans ignored a veto threat and overcame a rebellion by party conservatives to push a bill through t...

Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide ins...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but brushed ...

(WBEN) Longtime Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics Editor Jim Galloway is hard pressed to find some personal nugget that i...

<<< SEE IT HERE:Watch the Entire Monday NightNBC Debate from Florida.Republican contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Ging...

WASHINGTON (AP/ WBEN) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to...

(CBS) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi clarified Monday that the "conversation" she wants to have about her knowl...

Local Lawmakers: Buffalo-area representatives were split along party lines, withDemocrats Kathy Hochul and Brian H...

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