Opinion: National Security Shouldn't Get Lost In This Campaign
Our economy is on a slow recovery – slower than anyone wants. But the lack of serious discussion about national security and the world we live in is troubling.
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Our economy is on a slow recovery – slower than anyone wants. But the lack of serious discussion about national security and the world we live in is troubling.
Presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee, Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, will not arrive in Florida until Tuesday for his planned speech on Wednesday night at the convention.
The basic fact is that Romney, Ryan and Republican's are uncomfortable with a few of the words Congressman Akin used. They are not, however, uncomfortable with the policy position he was expressing. The record shows that they march in lockstep with Congressman Akin.
The Republican Party has distanced itself from controversial abortion comments made by Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin, but the party is also embracing a call for a constitutional ban on abortions, even in cases of rape or incest, according to CNN.
Congressman Akin's comments are unconscionable and while Congressman Akin owns the words that came from his mouth, the sentiment and his policy goals are shared by both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, despite their statements today.
Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan says his family relied on Medicare to take care of his grandmother, and his mother now counts on the program in retirement.
The fact that Joe Biden is only a heartbeat away from the presidency should not only scare the hell out of every American, it should be reason enough for the Romney-Ryan ticket to win the 2012 election by a landslide.
If you like the GOP war on women, you are going to love Paul Ryan. After all, Ryan's record on women's health could easily be mistaken for one of W. Mitt Romney's primary opponents, Rick Santorum.
Tongues were wagging when Congressman Paul Ryan made his entrance as the Republican Party's Vice Presidential nominee this past Saturday, and it wasn't just about his conservative reputation.
Paul Ryan has changed the Electoral College math. With the pick, Romney has chosen a path that writes off almost all of the country and focuses the election on the industrial Midwest.
For the first time since announcing that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will be his running mate, Gov. Mitt Romney will make a campaign swing through Florida.
The Mitt Romney campaign has one major task to pull off in the coming weeks: make sure Romney gets to define vice-presidential pick Paul Ryan before Democrats can turn the Wisconsin congressman's budget proposal into an albatross.
Presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee Representative Paul Ryan is a fifth generation Wisconsinite, but he has ties to South Florida, specifically Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
After months of failing to find a way to gain ground in the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney has hit the reset button by picking Paul Ryan as his running mate, but once the dust has settled and the Conventions are over, it is hard to see how Romney will have changed the direction of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Romney wisely went with a safe and sure bet because Paul Ryan is a strong, conservative-approved candidate whose image is as clean as Romney's.
The dust is still settling from Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan as his running mate, but new polling from USA Today/Gallup is showing a tepid response from most Americans about Ryan's selection.
For the first time since the big announcement presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with his vice presidential pick Rep. Paul Ryan on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday.
CBS4's Jim DeFede and The Miami Herald's Marc Caputo discuss Paul Ryan, Mitt Romey's choice for his running mate.
South Florida lawmakers are sticking to the party line when it comes to reacting to Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
South Florida lawmakers are sticking to the party line when it comes to reacting to Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani knows who he'd pick to be Mitt Romney's running mate if he was advising the presidential candidate.
A group of Catholic nuns have started a bus tour challenging the Ryan budget plan and its cuts to social programs.
Republicans hoping Florida Senator Marco Rubio will join Mitt Romney as his vice-presidential candidate can probably start looking elsewhere.
The Republican Party put its cards on the table Tuesday morning with a new budget plan from Representative Paul Ryan that would end much of Medicare as it's known today and cut deep into domestic programs and almost completely eliminate the current tax structure.
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman brought his presidential campaign to South Florida just days after joining the race.
MDFR confirmed that they received a report of a car-versus-building collision at El Palacio de los Jugos, located at 15110 Southwest 56th Street.
BSO says Jamisha Sylvain used a new ruse at a Deerfield Beach senior living facility after being released from jail in May 2026.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war between Feb. 28 and Aug. 1 has directly cost the U.S. about $38 billion.
The Federal Reserve is likely to raise borrowing costs on Wednesday, and more hikes could be in store, according to economists.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
MDFR confirmed that they received a report of a car-versus-building collision at El Palacio de los Jugos, located at 15110 Southwest 56th Street.
BSO says Jamisha Sylvain used a new ruse at a Deerfield Beach senior living facility after being released from jail in May 2026.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war between Feb. 28 and Aug. 1 has directly cost the U.S. about $38 billion.
The Federal Reserve is likely to raise borrowing costs on Wednesday, and more hikes could be in store, according to economists.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.