Politics

Ryan traveled perilous budget path to VP spot
Paul Ryan traveled a perilous route to political stardom. While other lawmakers nervously whistled past trillion-dollar deficits, fearing to cut ...
Justice: UT affirmative action policy legal
The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as a standard in its admissions policies, asking the ...
House files suit against Holder over gov't records
The Republican-run House on Monday asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding that he produce records ...
Wife of Md. man held in Pakistan urges release
The wife of a Maryland man abducted in Pakistan is pleading for his safe return on the one-year anniversary of his kidnapping, saying her husband is ...
CNN's Crowley to moderate Oct. presidential debate
For the first time in two decades, a woman has been tapped to moderate a presidential debate. CNN's Candy Crowley will moderate one of three October ...
THE RACE: Both tickets downplaying parts of past
Both the Obama-Biden and spanking new Romney-Ryan tickets are running away from parts of their past as they reach for a November White House victory.
Paul Ryan says he'll release 2 years of taxes
Rep. Paul Ryan says he will only release two years of his tax returns — the same amount Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has agreed to ...
Axelrod: Ryan selection evokes memories of Palin
A senior political adviser to President Barack Obama is likening Mitt Romney's selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate to John McCain's ...
Election fatigue hits Wis. in 4-way Senate primary
Even with the biggest name in modern Wisconsin politics, the Republican primary in a highly competitive U.S. Senate race appears headed for a ...
Tea party gets its man in Ryan for vice president
The tea party didn't get its man in Mitt Romney. But the movement got one of its ideological heroes in the Republican presidential ticket's No. 2 slot
Social Security surplus dwarfed by future deficit
As millions of baby boomers flood Social Security with applications for benefits, the program's $2.7 trillion surplus is starting to look small.
Palin won't speak at GOP convention
Sarah Palin says she won't speak at the Republican National Convention later this month in Tampa, Fla. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee ...
Romney liked Ryan's passion to make a difference
Likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he was attracted to Paul Ryan because of his passion for making a difference. Newly named running ...
Romney: Paul Ryan ready to become president
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Paul Ryan has the experience needed to become president. Romney says he considered a number of ...
Romney says he's running on his budget, not Ryan's
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he's running on his budget proposals, not the more controversial plan authored by his running mate.
Romney signals support for more Medicare choices
Mitt Romney says that he and running mate Paul Ryan have talked about providing people more Medicare choices and making sure the program doesn't ...
Analysis: Ryan choice increases focus on policy
Mitt Romney's choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his ticket mate magnifies the sharp philosophical policy divisions between Republicans and ...