Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will not run for the open seat held by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), according to Major Garrett.

Meanwhile, former Gov. Tommy Thompson is going to throw his hat in the ring for the Senate seat, Politico reports.

TPM’s special look back at the 90 days when Donald Trump marauded through presidential politics.

This year’s big spending cut bill that prevented a government shutdown by slashing the federal budget and allowing Republicans to make good on their campaign promises actually — wait for it — increased federal spending by $3 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

You read that right. Had the federal budget for the remainder of 2011 remained untouched, the government would have spent $3 billion less through September than it will now spend under the Republican-driven course “correction.”