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In Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced that his running mate is Paul Ryan, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin. The 42-year-old is chairman of the House Budget Committee.

In reaction to the announcement that Congressman Paul Ryan is the GOP vice presidential candidate, guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with the junior senator from Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, Ron John Johnson.

The White House has exerted executive privilege over the documents in question. Republicans say Obama has overstepped his authority.

Sliced and chopped apples shipped all over the U.S. by Ready Pac Inc., are recalled over concerns about Listeria found on plant equipment. So if you've been choosing apples over fries lately, you might want to hit pause.

Mitt Romney's new running mate has authored some provocative policy proposals to cut budget deficits and overhaul Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But Rep. Paul Ryan has also been an advocate for a different course for the Federal Reserve.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that he's paid a rate of at least 13 percent in taxes over the past 10 years. But the Obama campaign again called on Romney to release more tax returns. Guest host Jacki Lyden discusses this and other political news with Univision's Fernando Vila and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Craig Gilbert.

The home of the Masters invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier Darla Moore to join. Both accepted. Augusta's refusal to let women join has long been controversial.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder has focused attention on the shame that sometimes accompanies mental health diagnoses in the African-American community. Psychiatrist William Lawson joins NPR's John Donvan to discuss why such a stigma exists.

The wife of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has overcome serious illness and a severe aversion to politics to campaign for her husband. Ann Romney is now passionate about her role promoting and protecting her husband on the campaign trail.

In the unfolding LIBOR scandal, attention has shifted to why U.S. financial regulators, who knew about the rate rigging, didn't move to stop it more swiftly. Host Scott Simon talks with Robert Smith, a correspondent for NPR's Planet Money.