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Health insurance mess puts Obama's credibility on the lineIt’s been a terrible week for President Obama as he keeps taking hits on the Affordable Care Act. A majority of voters now say Obama is not ‘honest and trustworthy,’ and his job approval rating has dropped to the level of George W. Bush.
House votes to reinstate insurance plans. Will such fixes sink Obamacare?On a bipartisan vote, the House on Friday approved the measure – its answer to the millions of recent health-plan cancellations. But such fixes may also do damage to Obamacare.
New JFK assassination poll: Most say Oswald did not act aloneThe JFK assassination is one of the rare events to have fueled popular conspiracy theories on both the left and the right, even a half-century after the Dallas shooting.
How Obama arrived at his 'I feel your pain' moment on ObamacareAt his press conference Thursday, President Obama not only announced a potential reprieve in insurance cancellations, but also offered a window into the frustrations he's experienced in recent weeks.
Obamacare may not be fixed by Nov. 30. Big deal or 'so what'?The Obamacare website won't likely be fixed by the end of November as President Obama promised, according a new report. If true, the consequences might be more political than practical.
Low Obamacare enrollment numbers: Sign of problems to come?The Obamacare goal for October was 500,000 enrollees, but only about 40,000 people reportedly signed up for health insurance through the 36 exchanges run by the federal government.
How are Veterans Day and Memorial Day different?Both Veterans Day and Memorial Day grew organically out of other holidays that commemorated the end of wars. But Nov. 11 honors a different, larger group of people than does Memorial Day.
JFK assassination: President Kennedy's last Veterans DayJFK assassination has connections to Veterans Day 1963. On this day 50 years ago, John F. Kennedy took part in an observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Political plagiarism: Will Rand Paul ever get out of 'detention?'Sen. Rand Paul says he shouldn't have to stay in 'detention' forever for reported instances of plagiarism in his speeches and writings. But examples of pilfered prose keep emerging.
JFK anniversary: the best Kennedy books of all timeTo coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, new JFK books abound. Some are quite good, but these three classics are hard to beat, even indispensable.
Joe Biden congratulates wrong guy for Boston mayoral win. Who messed up?Sure, at first glance, it looks like another gaffe, but not Joe Biden's, this time. After all, getting the phone numbers right is what staff are for. At least it's not another story about the inevitability of a former first lady in 2016.
Mitt Romney says Obamacare has ruined Obama's second term. Is he right?Many presidents face scandals that undermine their second terms. But, as Mitt Romney notes, the Obamacare rollout debacle is a problem of the president's own making.
Mitt Romney: Obama 'fundamentally dishonest' about health insuranceMitt Romney has pretty much kept quiet after losing in 2012. But on 'Meet the Press,' he unloaded on 'Obamacare,' which he continues to insist is nothing like 'Romneycare' in Massachusetts.
President Obama used to be a popular guy. Now, not so much.Recent polls have not been good news for the White House. Even President Obama's personal popularity has dropped into negative territory. Can he recover to make his second term a success?
Syrian Electronic Army says it hacked Obama accountsThe Syrian Electronic Army has taken credit for breaking into the Gmail account of at least one staff member at the Obama group Organizing for Action. The group is now taking extra security steps.
Millions losing health plans under Obamacare. Did president mislead?It turns out that at least 7 million Americans will not be able to keep their current health insurance plans under Obamacare, news reports say, despite Obama's assurances that they would.
German spy scandal: Should Obama have apologized?Europeans are once again complaining that President Obama is relying on Bush-era tactics to fight terrorism. But in apologizing, Obama did something Bush would never have done.- 'Creepy Uncle Sam' returns! Will Halloween ad scare Millennials off Obamacare?Creepy Uncle Sam, a creation of a conservative political activist group, is meant to scare young adults away from enrolling in Obamacare. Now he's appearing in a Halloween-themed spooktacular.
Three reasons Obama is pushing immigration bill againObama urged the House to move forward on immigration reform. Time is running out to pass legislation he wants before the election season sets in, but the request is politically expedient as well.
Marina Oswald sells wedding ring, powerful symbol of JFK assassinationMarina Oswald, formerly married to Lee Harvey Oswald, sold his wedding ring at auction Thursday. The ring played a key role in Oswald's emotional turmoil on the day of the JFK assassination in 1963.
