Romney team sharpens attack on Obama's foreign policy  —  Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.

Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination  —  Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.  PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES

EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first Presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …

Sudan protesters set fire to German embassy  —  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese demonstrators broke into the German embassy in Khartoum on Friday, raising an Islamic flag and setting the building on fire in a protest against a film that demeaned the Prophet Mohammad, witnesses said.

Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.

Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”

Strassel: Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants  —  Obama tells Americans the terrible things the Republican will do to them.  The Republican remains silent about what he would do.  —  In the classic 1968 film “Once Upon a Time in the West,” a villainous Henry Fonda shoots one of his lackeys …

Married Voters Are Romney Voters  —  Marital status is strong predictor of voting behavior  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August.

China commentary slams Romney's “foolish” China-bashing  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's attacks on China and promise to name the country a currency manipulator if elected are foolish and hypocritical, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

A Quick Note on the Fed  —  I was airborne until late, so no chance until now to weigh in on the Fed's new move.  And now I really need to get some sleep to fight off this cold!  So just a few points:  —  1. It's good to see the Fed moving, finally.  —  2. It certainly sounds as if Bernanke …

UC to pay settlement in Davis pepper spray case  —  UC leaders agree to pay settlement to 21 UC Davis students and alumni who sued over campus officers' use of pepper spray during a November 2011 protest.  —  A UC Davis officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters in November.

The iPhone Stimulus  —  Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak?  If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to avoid actually speaking to or even looking at whoever they're with.  —  So is the new phone as insanely great as Apple says?

Arab Spring: Tech as tinder  —  The Internet tools of the Arab Spring have become the weapons of a new Arabian nightmare playing out at American diplomatic missions across North Africa and the Middle East.  —  Platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube that spread an obscure movie trailer depicting …

Primary Results Close for 2 G.O.P. Legislators Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage  —  Two Republican state senators who provided pivotal votes to legalize same-sex marriage last year were fighting to preserve their political careers on Thursday as voters went to the polls for New York State's legislative primary.