Obama: I Spoke On The Phone With The Iranian President
The phone call represents the first direct contact between U.S. and Iranian presidents since 1979. View Video › President Barack Obama said Thursday that he spoke on the phone with Iranian President...
View ArticleCalifornia Shuts Down Unauthorized Healthcare Websites
Ten websites that led users to believe they were part of California’s healthcare exchange have been sent cease-and-desist letters. Ten websites that imitated California's official healthcare exchange...
View ArticleObama Used To Be So Stoked About Health Care. Now...Not So Much
Rough day/month/five years for the president. View Video ›
View ArticleThe White House's Obamacare Fix Isn't Bringing Senate Democrats Together
Leary of political blow back over voters losing insurance coverage, moderate Democrats vow to move forward with legislative changes to the troubled law. Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Obama's...
View ArticleMSNBC Host Says Senate Dems Only Support Obamacare Fix Because Their States...
Senate seats cannot be gerrymandered. This is Touré. Touré is a co-host of MSNBC's The Cycle. MNSBC Screenshot / Via wordpress.com On Thursday, Touré suggested that Democratic senators only supported...
View ArticleObama Is Becoming Obsessed With Football References
THE FOOTBALL. The president, just today, has used seven football references in public speeches. This is getting out of control. lastrow.wordpress.com Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press / MCT View Entire...
View ArticleIn The Tech Trenches, The 2016 Campaign Is Well Under Way
Democrats are assembling a campaign software superpower, while Republicans are hard at work trying to poach talent in Silicon Valley. Campaigns come and go, but the battle for campaign-tech supremacy...
View ArticleRepublicans Shut Down The Idea Of Another Shutdown
The Obamacare rollout may be bad, but GOP lawmakers are united against repeating the same strategy that caused a government shutdown last month. Learning from their mistakes? Rep. Justin Amash. AP...
View ArticleObama Vows To Veto "Keep Your Health Plan" Bill
The president threatened Thursday to veto a House bill that would allow insurance companies to continue offering existing health care plans. President Obama spoke at the White House on Thursday. AP...
View ArticleSenator Kirk Pulls Senate Meeting Room For Group Supportive Of Russia's...
“It is rather shameful that Senator Kirk has been such a coward,” said one of the participants in the panel scheduled by the World Congress of Families. Update: Kirk’s office responds: “Sen. Kirk...
View ArticleSmall Business Owners Hope For Obamacare Fix Of Their Own
Small businesses with 50 or more employees are still trying to figure out what to do with Obamacare’s new requirements. Mike Segar / Via Reuters President Obama announced Thursday that his...
View ArticleObamacare Implementation Debacle Reinvigorates House Republicans
“This is a hurricane of mammoth proportions that’s going to strike everybody,” National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden warned Democrats. Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science...
View ArticleGood Morning America: Is Obamacare President Obama's Hurricane Katrina?
Major political problems for the president. On Friday, ABC's Good Morning America asked if Obamacare was President Obama's Hurricane Katrina moment. View Video › For this, host George Stephanopoulos...
View ArticleDespite Veto Threat, House Moves "Keep Your Plan" Fix To Obamacare
Dozens of Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill in sharp rebuke to President Obama. President Obama discussed the Affordable Care Act on Thursday. Larry Downing / Reuters WASHINGTON — The...
View Article9 Presidents Who Never Had To Worry About Their Second Term
U think I care? Obama is having a bit of a rough start to his second term. But there are some presidents who would kill for his problems right now, i.e., a second term. Via techgatherer.com George...
View ArticleSpeaker John Boehner Hosts Supporters Of Russia's Anti-Gay Law In House...
“At least in the House of Representatives, people have not succumbed to the great fear” of LGBT activists, said World Congress of Families president Allan Carlson. Flickr: 22007612@N05 WASHINGTON —...
View Article7 Presidents Who Prove Second Terms Can Be A Real Big Bummer
The second-term curse is the Madden Curse of presidencies. President Obama's second term isn't off to a hot start. But some other presidents had bad second-term moments too. Such as... Presidential...
View ArticleHow The President's Obamacare "Fix" Could Screw Democrats In 2014
President Obama doesn’t have to run another campaign on Obamacare. His Democratic allies do. Reuters WASHINGTON — President Obama took great pains Thursday to place the political blame on himself as...
View ArticleConservative Outside Groups Held Back On GOP "Keep Your Plan" Bill
“I think generally we’re happy to have attention focused on Obamacare,” said Heritage Action’s Dan Holler. Via heritageaction.com With the help of 39 Democrats, House Republicans easily passed...
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