Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

A very suspicious “suicide” in police custody.

Albert Mannes shaved his head when he started to go bald. Now, he has done research showing it was a wise decision.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

The latest round of the Chick-fil-A controversy is perhaps the most absurd yet.

A few more thoughts on the Romney VEEP pick.

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.

He’s no Sarah Palin but Paul Ryan doesn’t make immediate sense as Romney’s running mate.

Mitt Romney is showing signs that the negative attacks from the Obama camp are getting to him.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

Tammy Smith has been promoted to brigadier general, thus becoming the first American general officer who also happens to be openly gay.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria looks to be caught in a bit of a plagiarism scandal.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

The presumptive Republican nominee has sent a strong and welcome signal about his governing philosophy.

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

In calling for the sequestration cuts to be delayed, Republicans are demonstrating their lack of seriousness on the issue of fiscal responsibility.

After two-and-a-half years and who knows how many taxpayer dollars spent trying to prove criminal wrongdoing, the SEC fell short.

Big news in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

A Federal case in Virginia is testing the boundaries of what constitutes protected speech in the digital age.

The Obama campaign told a few fibs in its effort to distance itself from a controversial Priorities USA ad.

The combination of falling oil prices and increased exports has the US trade deficit at its lowest point since December 2010.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.