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President Barack Obama wants an increase in the minimum hourly wage from the current $7.25 to $9 by the end of 2015. ...
government moneyto create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the de...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As Americans rehash the presidential election, a number of pollsters and pundits were proven wrong in thei...
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...
Sixty percent of voters who cast ballots on Election Day or earlier say the economy is the most important issue in their vote...
Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage t...
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 ...
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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 ...
(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...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or...
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...
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town fro...
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...
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...
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...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As President Obama and Mitt Romney debate this month, how much are voters getting out the debates? Not muc...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
(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, ...
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 ...
(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...
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, ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Now that the conventions are over, there are two months between now and election day. What can we expect f...
(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...
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...
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&...
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...
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the ot...
(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...
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...
(CBS News) DENVER - Mitt Romney fired back on Thursday against Democrats questioning his tax proposals and tax-paying history...
(CBS News) President Obama leads Mitt Romney among likely voters in Ohio and Florida - and has a double-digit lead in Pennsyl...
LONDON (AP) -- Britain greeted the world Friday with an extravagant celebration that included Bond, the Bard and a Beatle - a...
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...
Nearly two out of three registered voters believes that President Obama's policies contributed to some degree to the econ...
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have one campaign strategy in common: Each is tryin...
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) Running for president, Mitt Romney has been called a lot of names. For about a dozen-and-a-half young children, he...
(AP) SANDUSKY, Ohio - Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet o...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) It didn't take long after the Supreme Court ruled on the individual mandate and other parts of the hea...
(AP) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Marco Rub...
(CBS News) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker retained his seat in the election that sought to recall him from office, defeating his...
Following a brief but bruising campaign, both sides of the recall election targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are prepared...
(CBS News) Nearly a year after announcing his presidential bid, CBS News estimates that Mitt Romney has earned the necessary ...
(CBS News) Businessman and reality TV host Donald Trump is once again entering the political fray -- by hosting a upcoming fu...
(CBS News) In an apparent effort to woo women voters, House Republicans are launching the "Women's Policy Committee,...
(CBS News) Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a slight edge over President Obama in the race for t...
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...
(CBS News) -- Mitt Romney swept the three Republican primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia Tuesday, collecti...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The race for the WhiteHouse is a virtual dead heat between Mitt Romney and President Obama, according to t...
Even though Newt Gingrich is bowing out of the Republican presidential race today, his critical statements about likely nomin...
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(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...
The outcome of New York's GOP Primary is almost a foregone conclusion. What will turnout be ? Buffalo, NY (WBEN) New York...
"You never know. People should realize that upsets do happen and sometimes elections are decided by very slim margins......
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...
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 (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...
The campaigns of Mitt Romney and Ron Paul have filed a complaint alleging "serious and prejudicial misconduct" by s...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - Mitt Romney has won the Illinois Republican presidential primary, besting rival Rick Santorum in the ...
After a little over a week of teetering on the brink, gasoline prices have hit the $4 a gallon mark at some area service ...
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 Mississippi were won by Rick Santorum, while Hawaii voterschoseMitt Romney.Newt Gingr...
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...
ATLANTA (AP) -- Newt Gingrich's poor showing in every Super Tuesday state except Georgia gives him an increasingly narrow...
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, NY (WBEN) Regional TEA party activists gathered Saturday to caucus on the presidential race and Rick Santorum emerge...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN/AP) - It's a much fatter pay check being picked up by rank and file General Motors workers today. $...
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...
The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.Curious...
(CBS) Rick Santorum has pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney in Republican primary voters' preference for the presidentia...
Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his...
(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...
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney seized a commanding lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for...
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...
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...
Mitt Romney's tax returns and Newt Gingrich's business dealings are likely to remain at center stage of the increasin...
<<< SEE IT HERE:Watch the Entire Monday NightNBC Debate from Florida.Republican contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Ging...
Why did Newt Gingrich win South Carolina?His media bashing rebuttal to an ex-wife's charges certainly resonated, accordin...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Voters are heading to the polls in South Carolina, where a surging Newt Gingrich appears to have made ...
In an interview for ABC's Nightline, Marianne Gingrich says she refused to go along with the idea that she share her husband ...
.The nominating process may officially be underway, but Republicans have yet to enthusiastically embrace a potential nominee ...
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Mitt Romney has opened up a statistically significant lead among Republican primary ...
(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...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with ...
(CBS) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday cal...
New polls show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney heading into Tuesday's caucus as the front-runner in a state that seems ...
(CBS) The campaign of Newt Gingrich assailed a "failed system" for his failure to make it onto the ballot for the V...
Washington (AP/WBEN) -- The Ohio Republican said in a statement Thursday that he expects to pass a new bill by Christmas that...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential nominating contests start in 21 days, and the Republican candidates are turning up the hea...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Cain train has come to a stop.Republican candidate Herman Cain is suspending his bid for the Republican p...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A defiant Herman Cain declared Tuesday he would not drop his bid for the Republican presidential nom...
Exclusive WBENAudio Bill O'Reilly with John &Susan: ...
As Cain Surges, Perry Proposes Flat Tax (CBS) Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry...
(AP) Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tues...
AsTexas Gov.Rick Perryas tumbled in polls for the Republican race for president, Herman Cain - the former pizza magnate and r...
Herman Cain has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney atop the field of Republican presidential candidates, according to a new CB...
On Sunday morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't dropping any hints. After months of repeated denials - "what do...
(AP/CBS) Herman Cain was the clear winner Saturday of a straw poll of Republican activists in this battleground state, amassi...
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