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Obama skips Gettysburg events because of Obamacare

President Barack Obama is skipping occasions marking 150 years due to the fact Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Handle.

 
 

Obama to update Senate leaders on Iran talks on Tuesday

Obama to update Senate leaders on Iran talks on Tuesday

Through Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Senate leaders from both events on Tuesday to try to convince them not to undertake additional sanctions on Iran as the USA and different world powers head for new nuclear negotiations with Tehran, the White Home mentioned. Obama […]

 
 

U.S. Republicans voice little appetite for new shutdown fight

U.S. Republicans voice little appetite for new shutdown fight

Via David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican conservatives who took a difficult line within the combat over October’s govt shutdown are voicing little appetite for any other standoff over an drawing near January 15 funding time limit for federal agencies. Two things are different this time round, say conservatives […]

 
 

U.S. official says health insurance website improving

U.S. official says health insurance website improving

Round-the-clock efforts to improve the bothered federal site, HealthCare.gov, have elevated efficiency across the site, a senior administration professional stated. Henry Chao, the deputy chief data officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and products, mentioned in written testimony to a Home of Representatives committee that the administration […]

 
 

Top Democrat Pelosi denies party members retreating from Obamacare

Top Democrat Pelosi denies party members retreating from Obamacare

By David Morgan and Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. Home of Representatives mentioned on Sunday that her birthday party would now not retreat from President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform regulation, despite unrelenting Republican opposition and emerging signs of market turmoil for shoppers and […]

 
 

Republican businessman McAllister wins U.S. House race in Louisiana

Through Stephanie Grace NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Republican businessman Vance McAllister, a political newcomer who boasts of never having visited Washington, D.C., won a unique election in Louisiana on Saturday to fill the congressional seat formerly held with the aid of fellow Republican Rodney Alexander. In a runoff to fill […]

 
 

Obamas, Clintons to lay wreath at JFK’s grave in 50-year remembrance

Obamas, Clintons to lay wreath at JFK’s grave in 50-year remembrance

President Barack Obama will sign up for former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a wreath-laying ceremony at John F. Kennedy's grave to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination. First woman Michelle Obama may even attend the ceremony at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery […]

 
 

Obama’s health care ‘fix’ strictly political move, experts say

At easiest, President Obama’s proposed well being care “restore” deals political protection for prone lawmakers.

 
 

Founding spirit: The making of Washington’s whiskey at Mount Vernon

Grasp distiller Dave Pickerell distills whiskey as George Washington once did

 
 

What Obama’s health care announcement means

On Thursday, President Barack Obama introduced that medical insurance corporations are no longer required to kick folks off their coverage in the event that they don’t meet Obamacare’s new requirements. The president is providing a one-yr “grandfather” extension for the plans.

 
 

NSA chief says Snowden leaked up to 200,000 secret documents

NSA chief says Snowden leaked up to 200,000 secret documents

Via Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked as many as 200,000 classified U.S. documents to the media, in line with little-seen public remarks by means of the eavesdropping agency’s chief late ultimate month. In a query-and-resolution session following a speech to a […]

 
 

Bowing to political pressure, Obama unveils fix on healthcare

Bowing to political pressure, Obama unveils fix on healthcare

By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama bowed to political power over his signature healthcare reform on Thursday, saying that he would allow insurers to extend insurance policies that have been canceled for one year even if they don’t agree to the regulation. The October […]

 
 

Yellen says imperative Fed promotes very strong recovery

Yellen says imperative Fed promotes very strong recovery

With the aid of Alister Bull and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Janet Yellen on Thursday robustly defended the Federal Reserve's bold steps to spur economic growth, calling efforts to lift hiring an "crucial" at a hearing into her nomination to develop into the first lady to steer the U.S. […]

 
 

Senate Republicans block another Obama judicial nominee

By way of Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a third nominee through President Barack Obama to the same federal appeals court docket, prompting a renewed warning by means of Democrats of a that you can think of ideas alternate to finish such procedural roadblocks. […]

 
 

Obama tech chief to testify in Congress about healthcare website

Obama tech chief to testify in Congress about healthcare website

Through Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high White House expertise adviser will testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday concerning the stricken launch of the web page at the heart of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform regardless of the administration's assertions that he used to be too busy. […]