Gov. Chris Christie: Romney Will Tell Voters ‘Hard Truths’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, famous for rarely mincing words, prescribed a dose of tough medicine tonight in his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, telling party delegates and the nation that the solutions …

RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’  —  An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention …

MSNBC cuts every speech made by a minority from RNC speech coverage  —  MSNBC wants you to think the Republican Party hates minorities.  So much so that the liberal news network cut minority speeches from it's convention coverage.  —  When popular Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz …

SEAL book depicts Osama bin Laden shot on sight in hallway, contradicting original account  —  WASHINGTON — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented …

Schweikert defeats Quayle in Arizona  —  Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) defeated fellow freshman Republican Rep. Ben Quayle Tuesday, bringing to an end one of the cycle's most heated member-versus-member primaries.  —  (David Kadlubowski/AP)  —  With 94 percent of precincts reporting …

Dirty politics GOP style  —  This is one dirty campaign.  —  My fellow Fox political analyst Karl Rove sees the proof in the Obama campaign's claims that Mitt Romney might be a felon and an Obama super-PAC advertisement blaming Romney for shuttering a factory and leaving a dying woman without health insurance.

A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor  —  An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear.  As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.

GOP platform adopts Internet freedom plank  —  Republicans vowed to fight against efforts that would give international or intergovernmental organizations more control over the Internet in their party platform, approved on Tuesday.  —  “We will resist any effort to shift control away …

Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching  —  On the Republican convention stage tonight, you're going to see a really large clock.  But the clock isn't for keeping time.  The idea isn't to stop speakers from going over their allotted time, or the convention from running late.

For globe-trotting Hillary, Democratic convention not on itinerary  —  * Bill Clinton to carry family flag at Democratic convention  —  * Hillary Clinton to leave Obama administration in January  —  As delegates gather next week for the Democratic National Convention, they will look in vain for one of the party's biggest stars.

Royal flush on hold  —  Dear Better Business Bureau:  —  I'm writing about a plumber I hired in 2008 to fix my pipes.  The name of his business is Barack H. Obama & Co.  —  Despite many assurances on Mr. Obama's part, and despite spending far beyond what I wanted on the project …

How Mitt Romney Decided To Start Talking About Mormonism Again  —  A dramatic, and perhaps risky, reversal for a careful candidate.  Unlearning the “brutal” lessons of 2007.  —  The Romneys leave Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, after Sunday services on August 26, 2012.

U.S. workers shot in Mexico may be CIA employees  —  STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS - U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne (L) and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon sit together during an event in Mexico City August 28, 2012.  Calderon on Tuesday promised justice for two U.S. agents …

Over Loud Boos, Romney Supporters Pass New Rules  —  Delegates from Minnesota yell for a “no” vote at a point of order at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney's supporters passed new rules governing future primaries over the loud boos of Ron Paul supporters …

Strategic Oil Reserve Is for Emergencies, Not Elections  —  There are few things a U.S. president hates more than gasoline at $4 a gallon, especially with an election little more than two months away.  —  This might explain why President Barack Obama's administration is toying with the idea …

Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School  —  Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.  —  “He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy,” explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.

Barack Obama, Global Has-Been  —  The president would rather be loved than feared.  He is neither.  —  A few days ago there occurred one of those telling little episodes that captures the essence and folly of the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy.