One of the most tantalizing subplots of the 2012 campaign has been the curious and sometimes controversial performances of New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris...

* Ryan has not swayed many independent voters * Just over half of registered voters have heard of Ryan * Obama has 6-poi...

Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential nominee, has refused to follow in the footsteps of his father and mentor George Romney and release 12 years of tax r...

WASHINGTON -- With the first of the nominating conventions less than a week away, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll adds more evidence that...

WASHINGTON -- If the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as Mitt Romney's running mate were going to move the poll numbers anywhere, Ryan's home stat...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell indicated Tuesday that he was on the short list to be chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate. McDonnell s...

For good or ill on the national level and with more moderate independents, Ryan is the poster boy for the Right's argument for less government, relaxed regulations, and the age-old trickle-down free ride for "job creators" to rescue a feeble economy.

Making his first foray into the Sunshine State since becoming the presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday so...

WASHINGTON — Democrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romn...

Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) praised Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Friday, lauding the Wisconsin congressman as a "spokesma...

Priorities USA Action, the super PAC supporting President Barack Obama, released a new ad Friday that keeps Mitt Romney's tax returns in the spotlight...

JANESVILLE, Wis. — A defining moment for Paul Ryan's hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century ...

A local TV station in Paul Ryan's home state of Wisconsin is refusing to air an ad that features an elderly woman being thrown from a cliff, an attack...

Paul Ryan went after President Barack Obama's trade enforcement record with China on Thursday, telling a crowd of over 1,000 supporters in Ohio that C...

WASHINGTON -- If the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as vice-presidential running mate to presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has produced...

WASHINGTON — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus...

WASHINGTON -- Start with the truism: A vice presidential pick doesn't matter. Dead wrong. Look at recent history: In 1992, a photo op with Al Gore ...

LAS VEGAS -- Hundreds of protesters greeted Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan outside Las Vegas' Venetian hotel as the Wisconsin congre...

Polls taken shortly after Mitt Romney selected Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate show that the pick didn't generate a very positive response.

By Sam Youngman DENVER, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will meet behind closed doors with donors ...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is chairman of the House Budget Committee, an author and now the GOP's candidate for vice president. He's juggli...