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- Obama pushes help for working women: How much do they need it?
President Obama spoke in Florida about the challenges women face in today's economy. Here's a fact sheet on where working women have made progress and where they still lag men.
- Obama slaps new sanctions on Russia. Tough enough?
The new sanctions target wealthy individuals close to Vladimir Putin, freezing personal assets and barring business with US firms. But they also warn of what's to come if Russia moves into more territory.
- Why Democrats should run on Obamacare: A strategist lays out his case
Democrats should own Obamacare, not run away from it, because there's plenty there to love, says a veteran Democratic strategist. Even saying 'fix it, don't repeal it,' is too defensive.
- Obamacare sign-ups: Is deadline surge to 7 million target possible?
Obamacare sign-ups have hit the 5 million mark as the March 31 deadline nears, and 7 million can't be ruled out. But the true measure of the law will be how much people like their new health care.
- US and allies slap more sanctions on Russia. Will they work?
The move came one day after Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia. The sanctions list approved by President Obama includes Russian government officials deemed crucial to Crimea policy.
- Why this week was 'screaming siren' for Democrats. Obamacare effect?
A Florida special election this week was touted as a referendum on Obamacare. The Democrat lost. That was only one development that concerns Democrats trying to hold the Senate.
- Senators reach jobless benefits deal: why bipartisanship is in bloom
The Senate's deal to extend jobless benefits, announced Thursday, was one of several bipartisanship deals reached this week.
- Can House Republicans make Obama enforce laws?
House Republicans say President Obama has been derelict in enforcing key laws and are looking pass bills to hold him accountable. But the issue hardly began with Obama.
- Did secret CIA whistle-blower leak to the Senate?
At issue is how Senate Intelligence Committee staffers obtained portions of a sensitive internal CIA study named the 'Panetta report.' The committee chairman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, mentioned a whistle-blower possibility Tuesday.
- Deleted CIA files: Did the Senate committee err in trusting the agency?
Allowing the CIA to set up a computer system to be used by Senate committee staff to produce a report about the agency itself created a 'classic case of the fox looking after the henhouse.'
- Democratic loss in Florida special election: omen for November?
Republican David Jolly won Tuesday's special election for a US House seat. The Florida race was essentially a referendum on Obamacare, and its outcome signals that Democrats don't yet have a strong answer to GOP criticism.
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein: the woman who could rein in the CIA
The CIA and senators who oversee it have long had a rocky relationship. But allegations of spying Tuesday could be a 'defining moment,' says Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
- Mission accomplished? ‘Funny or Die’ gives Obamacare traffic boost.
To hit its enlistment goals, Obamacare needs young Americans to sign up at higher rates than they are doing now. The president's appearance on 'Funny or Die' helped a bit Tuesday.
- CIA-Senate dispute 101: 9 questions about who's spying on whom Did the Central Intelligence Agency spy illegally on Senate Intelligence Committee computers? Here are nine questions and answers about a complex story that starts with waterboarding and ends in a secret CIA facility in northern Virginia.