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October 17, 2013

Now, Obama needs to fix Obamacare

ANALYSIS - With the shutdown resolved, President Obama can now turn his attention to the implementation of the Affordable Care…
October 17, 2013

NYC mayoral ad: Crime will rise if Democrat Bill de Blasio wins

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Joe Lhota on Wednesday released the New York City mayoral campaign's harshest ad to date,…
October 17, 2013

Obama: Focus on budget, immigration, farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says now that the shutdown is over, leaders in Washington should focus on a…
October 17, 2013

‘And we’re back’: Washington reboots itself after Congress ends shutdown

NBC NEWS - The federal government blinked back to life Thursday, hours after Congress swerved at the last minute to…
October 17, 2013

Breaking black: The right-wing plot to split a school board

MSNBC - In June, the Supreme Court badly weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act which had been signed into law…
October 17, 2013

White House: Furloughed workers can return to work

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration changed the government's status to 'open' early Thursday, more than two weeks after a…
October 16, 2013

Cory Booker not afraid to ‘break dishes’ serving NJ in the US Senate

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. senator-elect Cory Booker said Thursday he's ready to go to Washington and is not afraid…
October 16, 2013

What Cory Booker will do in the Senate

ANALYSIS - New Jersey’s Cory Booker, the man who Wednesday became the fourth-ever African-American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate,…
October 16, 2013

Congress votes to end shutdown, avoid US default

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night…
October 16, 2013

Cory Booker wins US Senate election in New Jersey

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The high-profile mayor of New Jersey's largest city won a special election Wednesday to represent…
October 16, 2013

Obama’s big triumph on the shutdown, debt ceiling

ANALYSIS - if the country, congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats and President Obama all suffered from this 16-day impasse, the Republicans…
October 16, 2013

Obama health target: 500,000 signups by Oct. 31

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign…
October 16, 2013

John Boehner admits ‘we just didn’t win’ budget fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress raced Wednesday to approve a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. default and reopen the federal…
October 16, 2013

New Jersey Senate race a referendum on shutdown

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The high-profile Democratic mayor of New Jersey's largest city was the favorite to win a…
October 16, 2013

Ray Nagin asks judge to dismiss bribery indictment

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin asked a federal judge Wednesday to throw out his indictment…