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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2012 file photo, Jeffrey Zients testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama is calling Zients to help correct problems with the new federal health care website. The White House says Zients will assist a team that is said to be working around the clock on the site, www.healthcare.gov. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obamacare website will run ‘smoothly’ by end of November, administration vows

Brian Hughes · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare website undergoes management shakeup

Philip Klein · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

In an effort to quell criticism of the lack of transparency surrounding the troubled rollout of President Obama's health care program, the Department of Health and Human Services promised to provide regular "operational updates" to the press. But the first such update, a conference call held on Thursday afternoon, didn't provide Americans with much insight. (Screenshot: Healthcare.gov)

Beltway Confidential

5 things we didn’t learn from Obamacare ‘operational update’

Philip Klein · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

During the 16-day shutdown, many federal facilities were closed and about 400,000 workers furloughed. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Outrage: Some furloughed feds keep unemployment pay — and get back pay

Paul Bedard · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Steven Ahrenholz, a furloughed federal worker, protests outside the Department of Health and Human Services CDC offices, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Federal employees told to return to work Thursday

Meghashyam Mali · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama opposed passage of funding for veterans' death benefits because the Fisher House Foundation has agreed to cover the costs, according to his spokesman. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Jay Carney says ‘we don’t need legislation’ to pay military death benefits

Joel Gehrke · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama says he won't negotiate over reopening the government or must-pass legislation to prevent a U.S. default on its obligations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says it will veto GOP-proposed fiscal committee

Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama greets people after picking up lunch at Taylor Gourmet sandwich shop near the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama supports back pay for furloughed government workers

Brian Hughes · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is taking a behind-the-scenes approach. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg )

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obama’s behind-the-scenes budget warrior

Susan Crabtree · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

The Ohio Clock outside the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill shows the time of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress fails to reach deal on federal spending and Obamacare as government enters partial shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

Standard & Poor's said it is not planning to change the nation's credit rating during the upcoming fight over the debt limit, anÃÂ indication of how the pressure to cut the debt has diminished since 2011's debt ceiling standoff.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Don’t expect a credit downgrade, S&P says before debt ceiling fight

Joseph Lawler · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

The White House budget office on Monday evening directed federal agencies to begin preparing for a government shutdown, minutes ahead of a deadline for a new spending bill.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House budget office directs agencies to shut down

Meghashyam Mali · September 29, 2013 4:00 am