Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns  —  The Obama campaign, determined to renew the focus of the presidential race on questions about Mitt Romney's taxes, is trying to pressure the Republican candidate to release five years of his returns.  —  Obama campaign manager Jim Messina sent …

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.

Pussy Riot members jailed for two years for hooliganism  —  Judge Marina Syrova: “These three plus others... plotted together to undermine civil order, motivated by religious hatred”  —  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.