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Is an “act of terror” the same thing as a terrorist attack? Is this just a tiresome semantic argument or is there more at stake here? General Carter Ham, previous head of AFRICOM, says he reported to Sec. Panetta that

One in five Obamacare “enrollees” could have their plans cancelled for failure to pay their first month’s premium. That figure is based on reports from health insurers themselves, some of whom have made 10 attempts to collect the first payment.

Richard Wolffe is the executive editor of MSNBC’s website. Presumably that means he knows something about what goes on at the network. Last night after someone at MSNBC tweeted the suggestion that the “rightwing” would hate a Cheerios ad featuring

Nevada’s health exchange is still plagued with problems that were foreseeable weeks or even months before the October launch. Back in October, I did a deep dive on the development of the Nevada Health Exchange titled “A Case Study in

In an interview which the BBC dubs an “honest take” on the President’s standing in Washington, former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the damage done to the President by Obamacare is “hard to overestimate.” The interview, published Monday, is

Francois Hollande is the least popular President in modern French history. Sunday, 17,000 protesters marched in Paris to demand that he meet their list of demands or step down. Protest organizer Helene Roche said the “Day of Anger” was a

President Obama was once a critic of unchecked presidential power but since taking office he has warmed up to the idea. Now, with the appointment of John Podesta, many believe he is poised to go farther than he already has

How big should government get? That’s a question which never seems to have a final answer. For instance, Sweden has been one of the most extensive social democracies in the world, but since the early 90s Swedes have decided progress

HHS announced Friday morning that Obamacare had reached a new “milestone” of 3 million enrolled in private insurance plans through federal and state exchanges. The brief statement by Marilyn Tavenner describes the new figures as “the most recent data” but

Bob Laszewski is a health industry analyst and expert who has been one of Obamacare’s toughest critics over the past several months. He was the person who suggested healthcare.gov was in defacto shutdown back in October when the White House

Moody’s has downgraded the outlook on the U.S. health insurance industry from stable to negative in light of unpredictability caused by Obamacare. Moody’s also cites the poor demographic mix as an important factor in their decision. Moody’s Senior Vice President

One of the assumptions many people have made is that Wendy Davis’ campaign was caught flatfooted by the Dallas Morning News article questioning some of the details of her life story. But there is some reason to think her camp

Weeks of street clashes in Kiev have resulted in 150 police officers being injured and two protesters killed. The violence has intensified since a new law regulating protests took effect last week. Secretary of State Kerry has called the laws

Covered California released new numbers Tuesday which show that the pace of enrollment has slowed from December highs. In addition, 25 percent of those already considered enrolled have yet to pay their first premium. Covered California’s spokesman, Peter Lee, says

California state leaders are monitoring millionaires to assess whether a recent jump in income taxes could lead to an exodus of the wealthy. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that in 2011 “the top 1 percent of tax returns accounted for

If you were paying attention yesterday afternoon you probably saw this coming. Attacks on Wendy Davis are not the result of Wendy Davis misleading people (for years) about her life story. No, according to Think Progress, this is about “classic

The media fell in love with Wendy Davis and her pink sneakers. They have followed her moves in the race for Governor of Texas. But now that the Dallas Morning News has found fault with elements in her official biography,

Earlier this week Reuters claimed the big enrollment surge in December was continuing into 2014, much to the delight and relief of the White House. I looked at the numbers and, while it’s too soon to say for certain how

This morning President Obama gave a speech outlining changes to the NSA surveillance program which has become a major scandal after leaks by Edward Snowden. Senator Rand Paul, who has previously been a strong opponent of surveillance, posted a blunt

An Arapahoe High School security guard claims he was the person who confronted Karl Pierson moments before the armed student shot himself inside the school’s library last month. He also believes the incident might have been avoided if administrators had

Is Obamacare enrollment still surging or slowing down? The data available suggests the latter but Reuters says the former. Reuters reported yesterday that the December surge in Obamacare enrollment had continued into 2014, at least in “some states.”Author Sharon Begley

This morning National Journal writer Ron Fournier opened a big can of worms when he asked this question: How does one oppose abortion and support executions? Discuss. — Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 16, 2014 It always surprises me that otherwise

Socialist Francois Hollande is the least liked President in modern French history. His strategy of rolling back social security cuts and raising taxes has been a disaster for France, which has seen near zero growth and rising unemployment since he

The term Obamacare isn’t simply a reference to the person responsible for the program. It’s also descriptive of the fundamental outlook of the program, i.e. a big government, top down solution of the kind you’d expect from a big government

Recently declassified interviews with senior military personnel reveal that the first information given to the President about the attack in Benghazi described it as a terrorist attack. We’ve known since September of last year that the first call made from

Monday HHS released a report which, for the first time, reveals demographic data on the people who have enrolled. Currently 24 percent of those enrolled are between the ages of 18 and 35. That figure is significantly lower than the

The Obama administration’s Medicaid enrollment numbers mostly come from states that did not expand Medicaid under Obamacare. My colleague John Hayward mentioned this on Friday but I wanted to highlight it again because it seems like something that would be

Now that the first deadline has passed and healthcare.gov is more or less working as it should have been in October, a new problem is beginning to reveal itself. So far, the mix of young, healthy enrollees in the risk

The NY Times wasted no time today making a connection between a political scandal Gov. Christie said he knew nothing about and his “confrontational style.” Today the Times posted a video combining a series of Christie confrontations with hecklers going