Tom Howell Jr.

Obama, Kansas leaders react to shootings at Jewish centers

President Obama and other political leaders are reacting to reports that three people were killed at or near Jewish centers outside of Kansas City, offering condolences to the victims' families and pledging to assist the investigation.

McCain blasts Obama administration of failure to adequately support Ukraine

Sen. John McCain said Sunday the Obama administration has failed to give adequate support to Ukraine as it clashes with pro-Russian partisans near its eastern border.

Rand Paul: Decision on 2016 presidential bid will come after mid-terms

Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday he will not decide whether to run for president until after the mid-term elections, noting he still has to poll his family before he builds on straw poll victories and launches an earnest bid.

Sebelius: I made it clear to Obama that I was leaving

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who led the rocky rollout of Obamacare and surprised D.C. observers by stepping down this week, said that if President Obama wanted to talk her out of leaving, he didn't even get the chance.

Steve Israel: Dems banking on poor GOP ratings to help in November

The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Sunday that while President Obama's approval ratings are in the dumps, there is no reason to panic about November's mid-term elections.

HHS nominee Burwell faces tight scrutiny

Lawmakers dug in Sunday for a proxy war over the new health care law, now that President Obama has selected a well-known manager to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and lead his signature program into a new era.

Obama hails Sebelius, pivots to Sylvia Mathews Burwell to clean up troubled Obamacare

President Obama hailed departing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a tireless leader who turned around the troubled rollout of his health care law — one week after he failed to mention her in cheering the millions of enrollees his sweeping overhaul brought in from October to March.

Kathleen Sebelius resigning after botched Obamacare rollout

President Obama will move this week to shake up his health care team, accepting the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and tapping his budget director as a troubleshooting replacement.

Government paid out billions in suspect Medicare claims — report

Medicare paid out $2 billion in error because nearly a third of the claims it reviewed did not adequately document face-to-face encounters with beneficiaries who seek home health services such as nursing care or physical therapy, a federal inspector general has found.

Covered California tells Obamacare customers to finish up; no more leeway after April 15

Covered California, the Obamacare exchange in the nation's most populous state, urged residents Wednesday to finish their health coverage applications before next week's deadline so they do not have to pay a tax penalty.

Obama administration releases trove of Medicare data, over some objections

The Obama administration on Wednesday released a trove of data on the health care services that physicians and other health care providers delivered in 2012 — and how much Medicare paid out for them.

Deadline extension boosts Obamacare sign-ups

States running their own health care exchanges say tens of thousands of enrollees are taking advantage of deadline grace periods to sign up for health plans — boosting the White House's enrollment tally while underscoring the glitches that made the extensions necessary.

Brady accuses Obama administration of selective law

Rep. Kevin Brady says the Obama administration is picking and choosing when it has the authority to tweak the health care law and when it does not, ultimately bending the situation to its own needs.

Senate GOP: Tax dollars wasted on faulty state-run Obamacare websites

A pair of Senate Republicans said Tuesday they are upset that taxpayer dollars were spent on balky Obamacare websites run by the states.

Medicare will see boost, not cuts, in 2014

Bowing to intense election-year pressure from both Democrats and Republicans, the Obama administration reversed course Monday and said that rather than cutting Medicare Advantage payments, it will actually boost them next year.

States see big disparities in Obamacare Medicaid sign-ups

Bush: Art is for library, not for ego

Former President George W. Bush said he decided to exhibit his portraits of world leaders to spruce up his presidential library — not to show off, he said Friday.

Obama admin.: 3 million enrolled in Medicaid from Obamacare launch to end of February

The Obama administration announced Friday that 3 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program from the start of Obamacare enrollment on Oct. 1 through the end of February.

Boulder, Colo., retains title as least obese place in America: Gallup poll

The city of Boulder, Colo., still has the lowest obesity rate in the nation, Gallup said in a new survey that finds a tri-state metropolitan area on the Ohio River is the fattest, with a nearly 40 percent obesity rate.

Report: Did North Korea rip off NASA’s logo?

North Korea may view the United States as the great imperial enemy, but that didn't keep it from cribbing off NASA's logo in designing its own space agency's graphics, the Guardian reports.