Tag: Nation

President Barack Obama speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Not so fast: Obama’s health care law is changing

Nancy Benac · November 15, 2013 9:09 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

From Obama, a blunt acceptance of blame

Julie Pace · November 15, 2013 9:08 am

Democratic budget negotiators in Congress see cutting tax breaks as a politically popular way to raise revenues and ease spending cuts without further swelling the deficit. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ending tax breaks eyed as way to ease budget cuts

Stephen Ohlemacher · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

A view of the Hay Adams Hotel, right, looking toward the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Two U.S. Secret Service officers are under investigation and have been removed from President Barack Obama's detail following allegations of misconduct, according to The Washington Post. The investigation stems from an incident during the spring at the Hay-Adams Hotel, an upscale hotel steps away from the White House, involving a senior supervisor responsible for about two dozen agents in the presidential security detail. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Secret Service facing another sex scandal

Alicia Caldwell · November 15, 2013 2:02 am

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

In reversal, Obama to allow canceled health plans

DAVID ESPOJULIE PACE · November 15, 2013 2:01 am

FBI Director James Comey takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine threats to the homeland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FBI: OK for Congress to talk to Benghazi survivors

Eileen Sullivan · November 15, 2013 12:05 am

Obama naming physician Murthy as surgeon general

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 11:37 pm

Justices: Ark. inmate can grow beard, for now

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 10:09 pm

Janet Yellen, of California, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Federal Reserve Board chair, is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Yellen stands by Fed’s low rate policies

Martin Crutsinger · November 14, 2013 9:35 pm

Correction: Obama-CFTC story

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 9:32 pm

President Barack Obama tours ArcelorMittal, a steel mill in Cleveland, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Obama visited the steel mill to discuss the economy and manufacturing. From Ohio the president will travel to Philadelphia to raise campaign money benefiting the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama pitches economic agenda at Ohio steel plant

Jim Kuhnhenn · November 14, 2013 9:26 pm

Obama seeking 2014 extension of jobless insurance

Jim Kuhnhenn · November 14, 2013 8:59 pm