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» How Obama could shake up White House

President Obama is facing growing calls to clean house ahead of his final two years in office, with even allies demanding an infusion of fresh blood to resurrect his stalled presidency. But just who exactly is on the chopping block in a potential overhaul of Obama’s inner circle?

» Fallout coming from JPMorgan hack attack

Following JPMorgan’s disclosure in August that the contact information for 76 million households and about seven million small businesses had been compromised, the Obama administration began receiving updates about the hacking event with its other national security briefings.

» Byron York: The audacity of Greg Orman

For many Republicans, the real problem is not that Orman is a “vacuous cipher,” it’s the suspicion that his entire campaign is a ruse.

» UAW accused of rejecting worker’s attempt to quit union

The United Auto Workers refused to allow a Michigan member to resign her union membership, according to a legal complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board. That constitutes a challenge to the state’s new right to work law, which forbids workers from being obligated to join or otherwise support labor unions.

» What happens if the Senate is tied?

That the election could result in 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats elected to the United States Senate is neither impossible nor unprecedented, but it’s rare, and definitely complicated.

» Editorial: Desperate Democrats blame Ebola on GOP

Liberals feel emboldened by comments from NIH director Francis Collins, who told Huffington Post’s Sam Stein that “if we had not gone through our ten-year slide in research support, we probably would have had a vaccine in time for this that would’ve gone through clinical trials and would have been ready.”

» Sen. Mark Warner denies he offered job to state senator’s daughter

“I did not offer her a job, nor would I offer her any kind of position,” Warner said during the debate Monday night against Republican challenger Ed Gillespie.

» Noemie Emery: Todd Akin turns left

For two years, Republicans have been haunted by Todd Akin syndrome, in which a spectacular gaffe in an abortion-themed context becomes a costly embarrassment to a candidate’s party.

» Arkansas Senate debate turns sour

A Senate debate between Republican Rep. Tom Cotton and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., grew personal Monday when Pryor said Cotton “thinks he’s entitled” to the seat.

» N. Korea leader makes first appearance in 40 days: State news agency

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who hasn’t been seen since Sept. 3, gave a “field guidance” at a newly built housing complex, the official news agency of the secretive communist regime said.