The Hill Articles: August 31, 2012

Akin: Rove apologized Judge grants injunction against Ohio early-voting law Ryan favored for next GOP nod after glowing Tampa performance Next week: Dems look to feature women in Charlotte DAY’S END ROUNDUP Ethics panel extends probe of Rep. Andrews Obama returns to Ft. Bliss for Iraq War anniversary Chris Matthews gets into confrontation with Republican delegates HHS awards new grants for health care co-ops US pursues multilateral sanctions against Syria despite failure at UN House GOP: Offshore permitting still broken despite Shell’s go-ahead Obama marks Iraq War anniversary at Ft. Bliss Senators blast Pakistan’s blasphemy law Paving the way for the cars of the future Sanders applauds Obama’s support for Citizens United amendment Mitt and Ann Romney make post-Isaac visit to La. to ‘draw attention’ to victims EFF sues Justice for answers on alleged illegal surveillance of emails and calls White House hits Romney for not mentioning troops The costs of not granting Russia PNTR Survey: Consumer confidence gets August boost Sen. Reid: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would strand victims of Hurricane Isaac Biden goes after Ryan claim on Janesville plant Navy SEAL says he did not reveal classified info in bin Laden book Rep. Markey says Hurricane Isaac necessitates update on oil spill cleanup Portman keeps up attack, accuses Obama of hiding regulatory agenda Romney launches text donation campaign SAIC plans to split into two companies Dems plot attack for Charlotte Obama campaign hits Romney on what he ‘didn’t say’ in Tampa Obama administration to states: Get ready for more transit oversight Obama to visit areas hit by Hurricane Isaac Cosmo is drink of choice at ‘Women to Watch’ party Global human rights cop Obama signs executive order to improve veterans’ mental healthcare DOE lends 1 million barrels of reserve oil to refiner after Isaac disrupts supplies Al Gore calls for an end to the Electoral College Obama and that empty chair: Mitt goes to Israel and NOLA while Obama won’t EPA’s Alaska power-grab will hurt the nation The changing face of the GOP Democrats mock Eastwood speech; Republican concedes ‘distraction’ Freshman lawmaker cheers Romney’s speech Truth-telling a casualty in presidential campaign Marco Rubio announces his candidacy for 2016 (what about Mitt?) Bernanke vows Fed ready to take action to boost economic growth News bites: Romney speaks Australia vows to ‘stay the course’ in Afghanistan despite deadly attack Charlotte to host bevy of A-listers Reddit founder to Romney: ‘Consider this a public invitation’ Rove jokes: Don’t look for me if Rep. Akin ‘found mysteriously murdered’ The real deal The Hill at the RNC: Thursday Romney to tour Hurricane Isaac damage in Louisiana Earth, Wind and Fire, James Taylor booked for Dem convention in Charlotte Axelrod: GOP event was like ‘open mic night for 2016 candidates’ News bites: Apple and Google in secret patent talks Union criticizes Romney for neglecting transportation in acceptance speech Ann Romney did not expect Clint Eastwood or his ‘unique’ routine Gov. Walker: ‘I cringed’ at Clint Eastwood’s speech News bites: Jackson Hole Ann Romney: Mitt showed the ‘deepest part of his soul’ in convention speech News bites: Hurricane Isaac’s energy mark appears light Obama tweets chair pic in response to Eastwood: ‘This seat’s taken’ Friday’s global agenda: Hillary Clinton’s island adventure Obama, Biden hit the ‘Road to Charlotte’ in pre-convention tour Former ‘SNL’ band leader wasn’t playing politics in Tampa — just his guitar Eastwood spoils Romney’s show Cheers, laughter, tears on final night Paul Ryan a big winner, Eastwood among losers at GOP convention Code Pink protest interrupts Romney Convention debt clock posts final tally of $8.5B Romney’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Rubio’s speech at the Republican National Convention Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention Romney: What America needs is jobs, not hope, change and Obama Rubio channels Reagan to tout Romney Romney accepts GOP presidential nomination Clint Eastwood grills invisible Obama, says ‘We got to let him go’ Romney’s son appeals to Hispanic voters, speaks Spanish at RNC Pentagon threatens legal action against Navy SEAL author of bin Laden book Romney speech to mock Obama climate pledge Jeb Bush: Mr. President, ‘stop blaming your predecessor’ Networks, Microsoft and others join forces to create jobs Jeb Bush slams Obama for blaming problems on George W. Bush Gingrich: Obama and Carter ‘weakened America’s confidence in itself’ Both Gingriches address convention