Ryan says he will return to Congress
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Paul Ryan says he is returning to Congress. The failed Republican vice presidential nominee said Wednesday that he will be seated when the new House convenes in January. But More...
Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
TOM RAUM,Associated Press Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly More...
Ryan’s challenger campaigns against … no one
TODD RICHMOND,Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Rob Zerban spent his morning on his hands and knees scrubbing a toilet in a homeless shelter. Half a country away, Paul Ryan stood under a spotlight in Virginia More...
Obama trying to hold off Romney with women voters
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press VIENNA, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama has been wearing a pink wristband in recognition of breast cancer awareness month and his challenger, Mitt Romney, donned a pink ribbon on More...
Candidates seek foreign policy edge in 3rd debate
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal More...
Ryan says Obama stonewalling on Libya questions
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, responding to President Barack Obama’s description of the response to a deadly More...
Nightmare election scenarios worry both parties
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Here in a county that knows a thing or two about Election Day meltdowns, both parties are fretting over what might go seriously wrong before, during More...
Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate
NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney conferred with his debate practice partner while President Barack Obama exercised More...
Obama out to seize momentum from Romney in debate
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter with More...
Study: Privatized Medicare would raise premiums
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A study out Monday says most Medicare recipients — 59 percent — would pay higher premiums under a hypothetical privatized system, with wide regional More...
Some candidates mum on tough policy questions
HENRY C. JACKSON,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Curious what Virginia Republican Senate candidate George Allen thinks about his own party’s law that forces women seeking abortions to have ultrasounds? More...
Ryan says nobody wants US troops in Syria
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan says nobody is proposing sending U.S. troops to Syria. Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden are arguing over whether there’s any difference between More...
War zones, body language off-camera at debates
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Most voters watching the debate from home didn’t get to see what happened before and after Vice President Joe Biden and More...
Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
JACK GILLUM,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion More...
FACT CHECK: Slips in vice presidential debate
CALVIN WOODWARD,Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone who paid attention More...
VP debate tees up closing issues for Romney, Obama
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In a spirited debate that laid out stark choices, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan teed up pointed arguments on the economy, social More...
Team Obama hopes veep debate halts GOP momentum
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance More...
Biden likely to play ‘hardball’ in VP debate
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years ago, Joe Biden was careful not to appear overly aggressive in his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin, then a newcomer to the national stage. Now, More...
Obama campaign argues Romney video offends senior citizens
MARK S. SMITH,Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — The presidential campaigns were trying to win older voters Friday with speeches before the AARP and a new video produced by More...
Politics and truth: Uneasy partners, easy enemies
DAVID CRARY,AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Politics and truth, It’s unprecedented, the experts say: The volume and audacity of distortion, deception and truth-stretching in this year’s presidential More...
Biden to organized labor: We’re with you
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden had a simple Labor Day message for unionized workers: Stick with President Barack Obama because the other guys are worse. Biden told about More...
FACT CHECK: Ryan ignores parts of his own record
CAL WOODWARD,Associated Press JACK GILLUM,Associated Press Publishable Editors Notes: EDITOR’S NOTE _ An occasional look at claims made in political campaigns and how they adhere to the facts. WASHINGTON More...
Ryan’s sets out to protect Romney, slash Obama
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With a no-nonsense tone, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan embraced his role as Barack Obama’s top agitator — and Mitt Romney’s chief defender Stubbornly high unemployment? More...
Obama team launches critique of Ryan before speech
JULIE PACE,Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Even before Paul Ryan takes the stage at the Republican convention, President Barack Obama’s campaign is seeking to cast the GOP running mate as “out More...
Paul Ryan says Obama undercuts welfare reform law
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama wants to ease work requirements for welfare recipients even though that claim has been largely debunked by independent More...
tropical storm Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast budgets help for victims of hurricanes, tornadoes and floods before they occur
WASHINGTON (AP) — As tropical storm Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, there should be plenty of money — some $1.5 billion — in federal disaster aid coffers, thanks, in part, to a new system that budgets More...
Fight for women’s vote defines presidential race
ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn’t even crack More...
Republicans shuffle schedule as Isaac threaten
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republicans will formally bestow their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney on Tuesday night, one day later than planned, officials announced Sunday as they revised the schedule for a national More...
Forget the Mormon moment; it’s about Catholics
RACHEL ZOLL,AP Religion Writer Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens to questions during a campaign event at Partnership for Defense Innovation in Fayetteville, N.C., Thursday, More...
Paul Ryan at private fundraiser in Springfield
Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., leaves a campaign rally at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) SPRINGFIELD, More...
Dee Snider to Paul Ryan: Stop playing my song
This April 11, 2012 file photo shows Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider performing live at the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Snider has asked Republican vice presidential More...
Romney, Ryan pulled into abortion debate
BETH FOUHY,Associated Press JULIE PACE,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. applauds at right as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney More...
Obama shifts to Ryan education plan
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press President Obama attacks Paul Ryan's education plans PITTSBURGH (AP) — It’s not just Medicare. President Barack Obama plans to start picking apart other sections of Republican More...
Democrats target Paul Ryan on women’s issues
NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Since Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his running mate, the presidential campaign’s focus has largely centered on the Wisconsin congressman’s More...
Paul Ryan at risk for heart disease
MARILYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan talks of heart disease risk MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Ryan works out and watches his diet, but a new study shows that clean living can More...
Romney reunites with Ryan at New Hampshire forum
Romney and Ryan reunite in New Hampshire TOM RAUM, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , left, introduces vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., More...
Paul Ryan: Wisconsin roots, Washington clout
DAVID CRARY,AP National Writer This undated photo provided by the Ryan family shows Paul Ryan after a hunt. In the days since Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney selected Ryan More...
Romney wants Paul Ryan to play it safe
STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press Republican vice-presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., campaigns at The Villages, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Mitt More...
Medicare in focus as Ryan, mom appear in Florida
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks during a campaign rally at West Springfield High School in Springfield, Va. on More...
Ryan paid a higher federal tax rate than Romney
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a campaign stop at West Springfield High School in Springfield, Va., Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. ( AP More...
Ryan says he did seek economic stimulus money
JACK GILLUM,Associated Press SAM HANANEL,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. gestures during a campaign stop at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. More...
Paul Ryan’s ideas nurtured by top conservatives
ALAN FRAM,Associated Press In this Aug. 25, 2006 file photo, Jack Kemp speaks Jackson, Miss. The list of Paul Ryan's mentors includes some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, including Jack More...
Ryan is well-off but not megarich
JACK GILLUM,Associated Press In this Aug. 12, 2012 photo, vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, left, hugs his wife Janna during a welcome home rally in Waukesha, Wis. A review of Ryanís financial More...
Biden vs Ryan: No. 2s rising in presidential race
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press This combo made from file photos shows Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan. In some ways, these presidential More...
The other Paul Ryan plan: $800B in Medicaid cuts
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. talks to supporters during a campaign rally in Lakewood, Colo., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) WASHINGTON More...
Ryan: Republicans can wait for tax specifics
Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. pauses during a campaign rally in Lakewood, Colo., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential More...
Ryan’s wife raised Democrat
ANDREW DeMILLO,Associated Press In this Aug. 11, 2012 file photo, Janna Ryan, wife of Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., partially visible behind her, greets crowd members in Norfolk, More...
Will Ryan change the race?
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. makes an appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Conrad Schmidt) WASHINGTON More...
Romney won’t volunteer budget differences
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets highway patrol officers before boarding the campaign charter flight, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in St. Augustine, More...
Ryan traveled perilous budget path to VP spot
CONNIE CASS,Associated Press Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., accompanied by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP More...
Familiar foe: In Ryan, Obama sees twofold target
BEN FELLER,Associated Press KEN THOMAS,Associated Press President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Herman Park, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Boone, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. More...
Moderators announced for presidential debates
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, moderator Bob Schieffer smiles at the start of a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. For the first time in two decades, a More...
Axelrod: Ryan selection evokes memories of Palin
Vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis,left, his wife Janna and daughter Liza and sons Charles, and Sam, right, during a welcome home rally Sunday, August, 12, 2012 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey More...
Tea party gets its man in Ryan for vice president
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press In this June 28, 2012, file photo Tea Party supporter William Temple of Brunswick, Ga., protests against President Barack Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court in Washington. More...
In new role, Ryan faces Obama in Iowa
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, is introduced by vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive during a welcome home More...
GOP VP pick’s Medicare plan back in spotlight
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis., reacts to audience applause during a campaign event at the Waukesha county expo center, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 More...
Romney names Paul Ryan his No. 2
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect More...
Romney stumbles in running mate announcement
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — With the political world watching, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney misspoke while introducing his running mate. Romney mistakenly introduced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday More...
