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9:10 AM ET, October 21, 2013

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New York Times:
Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site  —  Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow to issue orders for fixing those flaws, and some contractors worry that the system …
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HHS.gov:
Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov  —  Over the past two and a half weeks, millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov to look at their new health care options under the Affordable Care Act.  In that time, nearly half a million applications for coverage have been submitted from across the nation.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
HealthCare.gov's glitches prompt Obama to call in more computer experts  —  The Obama administration said Sunday that it has enlisted additional computer experts from across the government and from private companies to help rewrite computer code and make other improvements …
Discussion: Power Line and The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lousy Medicaid Arguments  —  For now, the big news about Obamacare is the debacle of HealthCare.gov, the Web portal through which Americans are supposed to buy insurance on the new health care exchanges.  For now, at least, HealthCare.gov isn't working for many users.
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:   ‘Tech Surge’ Planned to Fix Obamacare Exchanges
Jason Millman / Politico:
Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
Discussion: Roger L. Simon and National Review
Reuters:
Obama to call healthcare website glitches ‘unacceptable’ as fix sought
Discussion: NPR and National Review
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
GOP, Boehner take shutdown hit in new CNN poll  —  Washington (CNN) — Just more than half the public says that it's bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House photographer weds in Rose Garden  —  President Obama hosted a wedding for White House photographer Pete Souza and Patti Lease on Saturday evening in the Rose Garden, according to a White House official.  —  “They ceremony was performed by [White House] Chaplain Rev. [Stan] …
Discussion: Reuters, CNN and The Impolitic
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   ObamaCare enrollees to join president in Rose Garden (Video)
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Pelosi: ACA site problems ‘unacceptable’
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Politico
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
CONNECT  —  Cracks are showing in the Democratic coalition as the next round of budget talks gets under way, hurting the chances for progress toward a broad deal that changes the tax code and significantly narrows future deficits.  —  While Republicans are still smarting over nasty infighting …
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Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Our choice for governor in 2013: none of the above  —  The Times-Dispatch is not endorsing a candidate for governor in 2013.  —  The words that follow should not come as a surprise.  During recent months, numerous editorials in The Times-Dispatch have lamented the gubernatorial campaign.
Spiegel Online:
NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email  —  The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years.  It hacked into the president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system.  The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.
CBS News:
Dick Cheney's heart  —  The following script is from “Dick Cheney's Heart” which aired on Oct. 20, 2013.  The correspondent is Dr. Sanjay Gupta.  Michael Radutzky and Denise Schrier Cetta, producers.  —  Dick Cheney is one of the most polarizing figures in America.
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Jeb Bush to GOP: ‘Have a Little Bit of Self-Restraint,’ Offer Alternative to Achieve Obamacare Repeal  —  During an interview for “This Week,” former Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush encouraged the GOP to come up with an alternative and show some restraint if their aim was to repeal the president's signature healthcare law.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Jeb Bush urges Cruz to show ‘self-restraint’
Discussion: Politico and his vorpal sword
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Reid: GOP Will Lose House if Government Shuts Down Again  —  Reid's interview with Univision aired Sunday.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in an interview aired Sunday that Republicans would be at risk of losing their majority in the House …
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Greg Clary / CNN:
Rubio weighs in on McConnell's election fight
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
ThinkProgress:
Marco Rubio: Obama Has Undermined Immigration Reform By Refusing To Defund Obamacare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) suggested on Sunday that President Obama's refusal to compromise with Republicans on Obamacare to re-open the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling has jeopardized …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Dan Nowicki / USA Today:   Time running out for immigration reform
 
 
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Reuters:
France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report
Discussion: The Hill, The Verge and The Hill
Brendan O'Neill / Reason:
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The Star-Ledger Editorial Page:
The Star-Ledger endorsement: Christie for governor
Discussion: Business Insider and CNN
Abigail Haworth / Guardian:
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Native-Born Americans More Likely To Commit Crimes Than Immigrants, Study Finds
Discussion: Liberaland
 Earlier Items: 
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lew: Obama upset about website failures
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys and CNN
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Lobbyists Ready for a New Fight on U.S. Spending
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ed Gillespie / Washington Post:
To save the Republican Party, look to the states