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Analysis: On healthcare, spying, questions on what Obama knew and when

YoopyaOct 30, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – To his critics, President Barack Obama often has seemed to be conveniently distant when trouble has hit his administration. But on Tuesday, Obama was hit

HealthCare.gov up again after data system crash, may be slow: agency

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The website at the center of the U.S. healthcare reform law was back up Monday after a data center outage prevented Americans from

White House says ‘Obamacare’ website will be fixed by end of November

YoopyaOct 26, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The website for Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law should be working smoothly for most users by the end

Obamacare applications near 700,000, official says

YoopyaOct 25, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – About 700,000 applications have been submitted for U.S. healthcare coverage being offered through new exchanges created by President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, a U.S. official

Obama to chide Republicans on spending cuts at school event

YoopyaOct 25, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Democratic President Barack Obama will take a swipe at austerity-minded Republicans on Friday ahead of a looming budget rematch, urging against the backdrop of a

Website contractors point fingers at Obama admin.

YoopyaOct 25, 2013March 17, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors who built the web portal for the Obama administration’s health insurance marketplace said Thursday the site’s crippling problems trace back to

Website contractors blame Obama administration

YoopyaOct 24, 2013February 14, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — The principal contractors responsible for the federal government’s trouble-plagued health insurance website say the Obama administration shares responsibility for the snags that

Obama assures Germany’s Merkel U.S. not monitoring her communications: White House

YoopyaOct 24, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to assure German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the United States is not monitoring her communications after Merkel

New Jersey voters elect Democrat Cory Booker to U.S. Senate

YoopyaOct 17, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Democrat Cory Booker, the charismatic mayor of Newark, was the unofficial winner of a New Jersey special election on Wednesday, handily defeating a

U.S. Congress ends default threat, Obama signs debt bill

YoopyaOct 17, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved an 11th-hour deal to end a partial government shutdown and pull the world’s biggest economy back from the brink