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10:25 AM ET, October 24, 2013

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Washington Post:
Here's how the White House just tweaked Obamacare  —  The Obama administration confirmed to The Washington Post a little bit ago that it is indeed tweaking the way the individual mandate works as to not penalize anyone who purchases coverage during this first open enrollment period.
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Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
Buck Stops With Obama on Rocky Rollout of Health Care Plan  —  The HealthCare.gov debacle has been thoroughly dissected so far by America's best health journalists and policy analysts.  To be sure, every major rollout of a new or changed social policy, including Medicare itself, is rough and takes weeks or months to resolve.
Discussion: Washington Wire and First Read
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Americans will have an extra six weeks to buy health coverage before facing penalty  —  The Obama administration said Wednesday night that it will give Americans who buy health insurance through new online marketplaces an extra six weeks to obtain coverage before they risk a penalty.
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Daily Kos
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Daley: ObamaCare rollout ‘a big embarassment’  —  Former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley called the rollout of ObamaCare “a big embarrassment.”  —  Daley, who served as President Obama's second chief of staff, made the comments on CBS, where he is a contributor.  —  “It's a big embarrassment.
Discussion: Politico
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Frustrated Dems lament damage from website bugs
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House may ‘align’ Obamacare signup dates
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Two House Dems call for firings over healthcare rollout
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama to push House on immigration reform
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama to go on post-shutdown fundraising blitz for Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Republicans, Sensing Weakness in Health Law Rollout, Switch Tactics  —  WASHINGTON — Emboldened by the intense public criticism surrounding the rollout of the online insurance exchange, Republicans in Congress are refocusing their efforts from denying funds for the health care law to investigating it.
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
ObamaCare website contractors blame Obama administration
Discussion: Associated Press and Hot Air
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Contractors Assign Blame, but Admit No Faults of Their Own, in Health Site
Discussion: First Read
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
A Wife Committed to Cruz's Ideals, but a Study in Contrasts to Him  —  WASHINGTON — At first glance, Senator Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi Nelson Cruz, seems to be just the sort of person the Tea Party supporters who celebrate her husband's anti-establishment positions love to hate.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz's Wife Confirms He's Covered Under Her Blue-Chip Health Plan  —  The wife of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who led a vocal effort to defund the Affordable Care Act, confirmed in a New York Times interview published Wednesday that the senator receives health care coverage through her blue-chip employer insurance plan.
Discussion: Liberaland
John G. Taft / New York Times:
The Cry of the True Republican  —  I AM a genetic Republican.  —  Five generations of Tafts have served our nation as unwaveringly stalwart Republicans, from Alphonso Taft, who served as attorney general in the late 19th century, through William Howard Taft, who not only was the only person …
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New York Times:
The United States, Falling Behind
Discussion: News Desk and Liberaland
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
The Decline And Fall Of Christianism
Politico:
GOP reconsiders Obamacare tactics  —  Some Republicans say a unified focus on spending levels could prove to be the strongest ground on which to fight.  Democrats loathe sequester-level spending — their 2014 budget totaled $1.058 trillion.  If all Republicans demand a clean government funding bill …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Darrell Issa to introduce immigration bill  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is planning to release legislation next week that would provide legal status for six years to undocumented immigrants in the United States, he said in an interview Wednesday.  —  Issa, an influential Republican …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Why Obamacare Is Like Three Mile Island  —  I've been blogging a lot over the past week or so about the risk of an insurance market “death spiral” — where young people stay away, so the only people buying insurance are old and sick, causing the cost of insurance to rise over time and pushing ever …
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: SENATE DEMS UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2014 TO BACK DELAY OF OBAMACARE ENROLLMENT DEADLINE  —  On Wednesday, CNN's Dana Bash tweeted that all Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2014 will reportedly support a delay of Obamacare's enrollment deadline.  —  Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) …
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Washington Post:
Secret memos reveal explicit nature of U.S., Pakistan agreement on drones  —  Despite repeatedly denouncing the CIA's drone campaign, top officials in Pakistan's government have for years secretly endorsed the program and routinely received classified briefings on strikes and casualty counts …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Trash-talking the president  —  No matter how many times you've been there, the White House is a pretty awesome place, conferring on every president what “The West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin once called “the single greatest home-court advantage in the modern world.”
EndPlay / WIVB-TV:
Hillary Clinton speaks at UB, is heckled … AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) - Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to a large crowd at the University at Buffalo Wednesday night, as part of the university's Distinguished Speaker Series.
Guardian:
Angela Merkel's call to Obama: are you bugging my mobile phone?  —  Germany sees credible evidence of US monitoring of chancellor as NSA surveillance row intensifies  —  Live coverage of reaction to reports of Merkel surveillance  —  The furore over the scale of American mass surveillance revealed …
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KIII-TV:
Voter ID Law May Cause Problems for Women Using Maiden Names  —  The state's new voter ID law is meant to prevent voter fraud, but it may be causing some delays at your neighborhood polling place, especially if the name on your driver's license differs from the name on your voter registration card, even a little bit.
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Ari Berman / thenation.com/blogs/163253:
Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students and Minorities
 
 
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Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Inside the Messy but Moneyed Republican Plan to Neutralize the Tea Party
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Case Explores Rights of Fetus Versus Mother
Discussion: Law Blog
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
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David Nather / Reuters:
Obamacare hearings: Oversight or heckling?
Discussion: CNN and First Read
Danielle / Congressman Darrell Issa:
8 Cats Who Called 1-800-ObamaCare but Still Couldn't Get Healthcare
Discussion: Daily Kos, ABC News and Twitchy
Heather Higgins / National Review:
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