Despite their unpopularity, those deep federal spending cuts look like they'll be around for a while.

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Thursday went along with a stopgap spending bill in the House that avoids a government shutdown but carries a price tag $19 billion higher than the budget he wrote in his role as a congressman.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Monday of distorting the GOP ticket's tax policies, continuing the presidential campaign's sharply personal tone.

Who loves Medicare more?

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are telling New Hampshire voters that they wouldn't touch seniors' health care.