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Grimes takes heat over family discount on bus

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign is hitting Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes for renting a bus acquired by her father's company for less than what other similar services would charge — a discrepancy legal experts say could be considered an illegal in-kind contribution.

Obamacare suffers bad news on cost, tax fronts

The Obamacare program got a double dose of bad news Tuesday as a federal watchdog reported its tax on medical devices is bringing in less money than expected, while a Federal Reserve study warned that many private companies expect to see their health costs soar because of the president's signature health law.

Chris Christie is lone GOP presidential prospect to expand Medicaid

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare puts him alone among Republican governors vying for the 2016 presidential nomination, and could come back to haunt him among primary voters.

Democrats ignore gains in coverage under Obamacare

Arkansas and Kentucky have been Southern pioneers in rolling out Obamacare and getting their residents covered this year, but Democratic Senate candidates in those states aren't boasting about it in their campaign ads.

Top Dem vows review of police access to military equipment

The top Senate Democrat overseeing the military said Friday that Congress will reexamine the programs that allow state and local authorities to buy or borrow military equipment, as the backlash against heavily armed and armored police grows.

New Idaho exchange will grab its 76K Obamacare customers without feds’ help

Idaho officials say they're tired of waiting on files from the federal government and have figured out a way to transfer the state's 76,000 Obamacare customers from the federal marketplace to its state-run portal this fall.

Administration urges Obamacare customers to update citizenship data

The Obama administration pleaded with more than 300,000 Obamacare customers Tuesday to fix inconsistent citizenship or immigration data they submitted to the government or else risk losing their health coverage by the end of next month.

Partisan divide seen in federal judges’ Obamacare votes

Predicting whether Obamacare survives its latest battery of court challenges could be as easy as looking at the judges making the decisions — and the presidents who appointed them.

Kentucky, Arkansas tops in trimming uninsured rate under Obamacare

Two southern states with key Senate contests have seen the sharpest drops in their uninsured rates since Obamacare's rule requiring Americans to hold health insurance took effect at the start of this year, according to Gallup.

Treasury IG: IRS is reporting accurate data to Obamacare system

The IRS generally is reporting accurate income and family size information to the Obamacare's new insurance exchanges, according to a Treasury audit Tuesday that offers good news to an Obama administration dogged by questions about whether its health care law's systems actually work.

Obama administration asked whole D.C. Circuit to take on major Obamacare case

The Obama administration has asked the second-most powerful court in America to take a second look at a ruling that, if upheld, would blow a huge hole in its signature health care law.

John Kerry condemns attack on Israeli soldiers, kidnapping

Secretary of State John Kerry condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the Friday attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and led to the apparent capture of a third, saying it was an "outrageous violation of the cease-fire" negotiated in recent days.

U.S. starts to evacuate American Ebola patients from West Africa: Report

American health officials are transferring an American patient infected with the Ebola virus from West Africa to the U.S. for treatment in Atlanta.

Israeli spokesman: No need to debate who broke the cease-fire

The spokesman for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday there is really no debate about who broke a humanitarian cease-fire between his country and the Hamas group on the Palestinian side of the conflict that's been raging over Gaza for days.

Americans don’t like Obamacare, but they’d rather fix it than repeal: poll

A closely watched health poll released Friday says more than half the public — 53 percent — has an unfavorable view of Obamacare, up eight percentage points from a comparable poll in July.

Dave Brat wishes Eric Cantor well, says he’s ready to take over on Nov. 5

The man who dramatically unseated former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor from his Virginia seat took the high road Friday upon learning the congressman will resign in mid-August.

Ugandan court invalidates controversial anti-gay law

A Ugandan court has invalidated an anti-gay law the country issued earlier this year, saying it was passed illegally, according to reports.

Edge in Democrat-leaning Americans not enough to make up for GOP turnout: poll

Slightly more Americans identify as Democrat than Republican, but recently history indicates that edge isn't enough to make up for the energy GOP voters will hold this November, according to Gallup.

Eric Cantor to resign Aug. 18

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has confirmed reports he will be stepping down from Congress later this month.

Bill Nelson blasts his state’s handling of health insurance policy