Even if website works, Obamacare could see trouble ahead
By David Morgan The Obama administration says it is on target to make its problematic health insurance website work smoothly for the “vast majority” of
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Obama to meet with insurers on Obamacare fix
By Mark Felsenthal President Barack Obama will meet with insurance industry executives on Friday to discuss his plan to help those seeing their current health
Obama, under political pressure, offers fix to healthcare policy
By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell President Barack Obama bowed to political pressure from his fellow Democrats on Thursday and announced a plan to let
Liberal De Blasio wins New York City back for Democrats
By Edith Honan Liberal Democrat Bill de Blasio cruised to victory on Tuesday in the race to succeed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, marking the
Crisis averted, Obama says Americans ‘completely fed up’ with Washington
By Steve Holland and Mark Felsenthal President Barack Obama scolded congressional Republicans on Thursday, hours after a fiscal crisis was narrowly averted and called on
Bill to spare US economy from debt crisis also delivers favours
By Patricia Zengerle and David Lawder The last-minute bill to avert a potentially catastrophic U.S. default and reopen the government came in at a relatively
US Senators hopeful fiscal deal could pass Wednesday
By Richard Cowan and Susan Heavey U.S. senators expressed hope that a bipartisan deal could emerge on Tuesday to end Washington’s fiscal crisis even as
US Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse
By David Lawder and Tim Reid U.S. Senate negotiations to bring a fiscal crisis to an end showed signs of progress on Sunday, but there
G20 hopes grow for US deal to avert default
By Lidia Kelly and Krista Hughes Top finance officials from the G20 leading economies looked set to keep their focus on the receding risk of
Republicans unveil plan to avert US default
By Richard Cowan Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a plan that would avert a looming U.S. default, in a sign that
Washington deadlocked as partial shutdown enters fifth day
By Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan Washington entered the fifth day of a partial government shutdown on Saturday with no end in sight even as
Focus on debt ceiling as US shutdown drags on
By Richard Cowan House Republicans huddled on Friday to plot their next move on the fourth day of a U.S. government shutdown that many fear
Obama, congressional leaders still deadlocked on shutdown
By Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro President Barack Obama met with Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday to try to break a budget
US Capitol quiet as federal government shutdown nears
By David Lawder and Richard Cowan With a deadline to avert a federal government shutdown fast approaching, the U.S. Capitol was eerily quiet on Sunday
US Senate passes sweeping immigration legislation
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro The U.S. Senate has approved a landmark immigration bill that would provide millions of undocumented immigrants a chance to
US Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement
By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by recognizing that married gay men and women