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Partisan divide sharpens among Americans over Bowe Bergdahl swapAmericans who say trading five Taliban prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was 'wrong thing' to do outnumber those who say it was 'right thing,' two recent polls show. Republicans, in particular, object.
Student loan relief 101: More borrowers won't pay over 10 percent of incomesA limited program already exists to cap student-loan repayments at 10 percent of a borrower's annual income. Obama moved Monday to expand eligibility to about 5 million more borrowers. Wrong approach, say critics.
Can bipartisanship sell in Election 2014? These candidates are banking on it.Several Senate candidates are touting themselves as part of the solution to Washington's polarization. The pitch is a political necessity for Democrats in red states and vice versa.
Hillary Clinton book tour: Is it just politics?The political twittering class may want to treat the success (or lack thereof) of the Hillary Clinton book as an electoral bellwether. But famous people write books to make money and extend their brands.
Taliban swapped for Bowe Bergdahl: 'Responsible for 911' or 'a pretty good deal'?We may never know whether exchanging Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five members of the Taliban held at Guantanamo Bay was worth the risk. Here are two very different ways of looking at that.
Illegal immigration: how 'humanitarian crisis' on border could hurt ObamaThousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the border are straining the US agencies that handle illegal immigration. That could affect President Obama's election year plans.
Bowe Bergdahl's story: What have we learned so far?Bowe Bergdahl is in a US military hospital in Germany for treatment and reintegration after five years as a prisoner of the Taliban. At this point in his story, there’s more speculation than facts.
D-Day remembered: why Allies finally won Normandy campaignThe Normandy campaign in the weeks after D-Day cost both sides heavily, as seasoned German troops contested every mile. But Allied numbers, air power, and the Soviet march on the Eastern Front proved decisive.
- Monitor Breakfast'We'll keep an eye on them,' White House's Podesta says of freed Taliban
Obama counselor John Podesta said Friday the US has ways to monitor the five former Taliban officials released in the swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. He also offered a succinct assessment of what a Hillary Clinton presidency would look like.
Monitor BreakfastObama's clean-energy push, new EPA rule will prevail, predicts Podesta'We're committed to getting this done,' the White House's John Podesta said Friday of a new EPA proposal to limit carbon emissions from power plants. A business report showing a hit to the US economy contained 'fantasy job loss numbers,' he said.
Bowe Bergdahl deal: Who are Taliban 5 and how dangerous are they?The five Taliban swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl worked for the Taliban government that had harbored Al Qaeda in Afghanistan – three in senior posts. As for the threats they pose now, assessments are mixed.
D-Day remembered: How FDR reacted on June 6, 1944The news flash that the fighting was on produced almost a sense of relief in Washington. At last, the battle for France was fully engaged. 'Our sons ... this day have set upon a mighty endeavor,' FDR told Americans.
Why Obama's deal to free Bowe Bergdahl riles Democrats, tooObama's decision to swap POW Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban in US custody is making some congressional Democrats uncomfortable. It's getting to be a disconcertingly familiar feeling.
Senate fashions bipartisan VA reform deal to address 'crisis'Sens. Bernie Sanders and John McCain have fashioned compromise legislation to cut wait times for veterans seeking medical care while also holding officials accountable for systemic problems at the VA.
- Obamacare beset by new 'discrepancies': What are they and how serious?
Some 2 million people who signed up have discrepancies in their data, Obama administration officials say. Most are being resolved, but it is a fresh test for Obamacare.
The day before D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower wrote this famous messageGen. Dwight Eisenhower originally planned for D-Day to happen on June 5. The 'unpredictable' English weather intervened. But Eisenhower still wrote a famous letter that day.
For now, Bergdahl and Benghazi push Obamacare into the backgroundRepublicans were poised to make Obamacare the big issue of the 2014 midterms. It still could be. But the Benghazi probe and Bowe Bergdahl prison swap are now likely to be major issues, too.
Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap: why Pentagon officials think it's not a bad dealThe Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap is under fire from Republican lawmakers and commentators. But Taliban leaders' release does not pose that great a threat to US troops, Pentagon officials say.
Poll shows US split over Bowe Bergdahl swap. A red flag for Obama?Forty percent of US voters back Obama's decision to trade POW Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners; 43 percent don't, an early poll shows. That's not a resounding 'hurrah' from Americans, signaling widespread uneasiness.
Bowe Bergdahl video: Why did Taliban release it now?The message in the Taliban video of Bowe Bergdahl's release was triumphal (if misspelled): 'Don't come back to Afghanistan.' Such videos are a staple of Taliban propaganda.
