Politics
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Obamacare Enrollment Well Below Target
The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that only 26,794 enrolled for health insurance during the first month since the unveiling of HealthCare.gov, the flawed website that has been at the center of controversy. Plus enrollment of more than 79,000 in the 14 states with their own websites, the nationwide number of 106,000 October sign-ups was barely…
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Senate Republicans Block Another Obama Court Nominee
Once again Senate Republicans have put off one of President Barack Obama’s nominations for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, on Tuesday members of the GOP successfully blocked Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard, whom Obama chose to fill one of the…
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Clinton: Obama Must Keep Health Care Promise
President Barack Obama made a promise to the American people, and former President Bill Clinton believes he should keep his word. When President Obama proposed his plan for universal health care, he assured those who were happy with their insurance that they would not be forced to change their policy. The president has since had…
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Former Ambassador Defends Obama’s NSA Spying Program
A month after then-President Bill Clinton appointed Charles R. Stith as his new ambassador to Tanzania, the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam was bombed by Al Qaeda. It happened pre-9/11, in August 1998, and Stith was tasked with restoring the embassy while “promoting American trade and investment in Africa.” Today, Stith is director of the…
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Obama’s Loner Habits Cost Him Clout
The first black president of the United States is one of the loneliest people on the planet. And President Barack Obama’s iron-willed self-discipline and interpersonally cool traits—traits that many credited with his improbable rise to the White House—have recently been interpreted in two journalistic accounts as liabilities that depict him as a distant commander in…
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Reports: Healthcare.gov Enrollment Numbers Way Off Target
Fewer than 50,000 people have been able to navigate their way through the troubled Healthcare.gov website to sign up for benefits. The tally falls well short of the projected 500,000 that the Obama administration planned to have by this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. The drastically low numbers have some insurers concerned that they…
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Outgunned: No More Body Bags
Oct. 24, 2013: A 33-year-old man is shot in the back of the head while playing basketball in Gresham, Ore. Oct. 27, 2013: A 17-year-old boy and 39-year old man are shot and killed in gang-related violence in Chicago. Nov. 5, 2013: Two men are shot to death in Baltimore. A witness told reporters there…
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Sarah Palin: Federal Debt Like Slavery
Sarah Palin continues to link the Obama administration to slavery, comparing the administration to slave masters. During a conservative fundraiser in Iowa, the former governor of Alaska told some 750 attendees that the federal debt will keep the younger generation shackled because of the country’s spending, the Des Moines Register reports. Palin told the crowd…
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Activists Battling 'Stand Your Ground' State by State
The hearing in room 417 started a lot like any other. The chairman took roll call. A stream of Florida elected officials spent a half hour paying almost impossibly earnest homage to the democratic process and the importance of civil debate. Then, a host of student activists, gun rights and gun control advocates took their…
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Obama Apologizes for Canceled Health Plans
President Obama accomplished something yesterday that most presidents before him have struggled with severely. The president apologized. Obama told Chuck Todd during an interview with NBC News at the White House that he was sorry for promising Americans that they would be able to keep their current health care plans, and that some of them…