WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan's mentors have included some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, among them Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett.
Yet the ideological roots of Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, including his emphasis on individual responsibility and small government, sprouted from Ryan's small-town Wisconsin upbringing and a libertarian college professor. His outlook and career also have been nurtured by a devotee of supply-side economics who is now a top aide to another rising Republican star, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.

Obama challenged Romney to release at least five years of tax returns.

He's never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes.

Paul Ryan likes exercise, budget charts and the Green Bay Packers. Joe Biden likes train rides, foreign policy and talking — a lot.

Boehner told lawmakers that their best defense is to go on offense.

Tampa is a hot property for the Republicans this year, and that doesn't just mean the 90-degree temperatures in August that will begin to saut national convention delegates every time they step outdoors.

The law requires each voter to show a valid photo ID.

Romney called on Obama to lift the tone of political discourse.

Obama charges that Romney favors Ryan's plans to overhaul Medicare.

The failure of Holder and House Republicans to work out a deal on the documents led to a vote in June that held the attorney general in contempt of Congress.