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NEW YORK — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings clos...

SALAMANCA — The Smithsonian Institution recently named Odie Brant Porter, a long-time Seneca Nation advocate and current council member, to the Smiths...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice Admiral Robert Harward has turned down an offer to be President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, the latest blow t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a surer bet to fill out his Cabinet, President Donald Trump on Thursday moved quickly to name law school dean Alexander Acos...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim n...

Susan and Mitchell Bence of Watseka, Ill., are in Washington, D.C., this week for President Donald J. Trump's Inauguration Week. Today they sent some ...

Susan and Mitchell Bence of Watseka, Ill., are in Washington, D.C., for President Donald J. Trump's Inauguration Week. They sent some photos of events...

GENEVA, N.Y. — At least one Genevan will be in attendance Jan. 20 when Donald J. Trump is inaugurated as our nation’s 45th President. Thomas Schmitt o...

Despite what he called “legitimate concerns” over comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the past few weeks, U.S. Rep. Tom ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Monday his “thoughts and prayers” go out to the victims of Sunday’s Orlando massacre and their families, and he blamed radical...

ORLANDO, Fla. — It had been an evening of drinking, dancing and drag shows. After hours of revelry, the party-goers crowding the gay nightclub known a...

OLEAN — For a brief moment, a tear welled in Congressman Tom Reed’s eye. He had seen for the first time hospital photos of the late Shannon Pepper aft...

AMHERST — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., brought his Democratics presidential primary campaign Monday evening to the University at Buffalo north campus. ...

Several of the area’s state and federal representatives Tuesday joined more than half of all U.S. governors in calling to repel Syrian refugees after ...

MILNER, Ga. — Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee went head-to-head for evangelical votes Sunday, telling a megachurch congr...

(AP) — Negotiations between the Wolf administration and lawmakers will resume Monday after Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, vetoed Republican-backed budget ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing n...

NEW YORK — BrianWilliams won't return as NBC "Nightly News" anchor at the conclusion of his suspension for misrepresenting his role in a news story an...