Paul Ryan

Budget Battles

  • Romney on the Attack Over Grim Jobs Numbers

    By Jeff Mason and Sam Youngman, Reuters

    President Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers as the candidates sought...

  • Obama, Short on Policy Details, Asks for More Time

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    President Obama preached the virtue of patience to the Democratic faithful on Thursday night, emphasizing the magnitude of an economic catastrophe that—in sharp contrast to Republican Mitt Romney—...

  • Dems’ Progressive Agenda Has a Hawkish Twist

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama and the Democratic Party depart their rain-soaked three-day convention having accomplished what they set out to do – offering an effective and coherent rejoinder to Republican...

  • Woodward: Congress Snubbed Obama in Debt Talks

    By Steve Luxenberg, The Washington Post

    A new book by journalist Bob Woodward says that a combination of miscalculations, ideological rigidity and discord within the leadership of both parties brought the U.S. government to the brink of a...

  • Clint Eastwood's Empty Chair: Built to Last

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    People are still scratching their heads over the “empty chair” speech that actor and director Clint Eastwood made last week at the GOP convention in Tampa. His address to an “invisible” President...