December 20, 2015 HHS tweaking rules to ensure end-of-March ObamaCare deadline The Obama administration, amid criticism over the launch of the HealthCare.gov website, is tweaking the rules to ensure users have until the end of March to sign up for insurance and still avoid a fine.
December 20, 2015 Reports raise concern about backgrounds of ObamaCare 'navigators' New concerns are being raised about so-called ObamaCare "navigators" following a string of reports about the questionable backgrounds of those selected to guide Americans through what is shaping up to be a rocky roll-out of the health care law.
December 20, 2015 Lew: Medicare, Social Security, military checks first on chopping block if debt deadline missed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew delivered a stern warning to Congress on Thursday about the consequences of not raising the debt ceiling, saying Social Security checks and benefits for veterans are among the payments that could be halted in such a scenario.
December 20, 2015 Tennessee mayor offers to manage national park during partial shutdown With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell is offering local resources to keep open parts of the most-visited national park in the country -- though he's having trouble getting the feds to agree.
December 20, 2015 White House lines of communication shut down, literally, as stalemate continues Those looking to vent frustration at the White House about the partial federal shutdown have two fewer ways to complain as the executive branch's switchboard and phone line for comments have been taken offline while the stalemate continues.
December 20, 2015 You know that one guy who successfully signed up for ObamaCare? He didn’t The 21-year-old student from Georgia was cited in multiple articles as being one of the few, the proud, the successful to signed up for insurance through a federal exchange.
December 20, 2015 Slimdown standoff enters second week, as upcoming debt-limit looms larger The government slimdown enters its second week with Democrats and Republicans continuing to blame each other with no compromise in sight, as a second major budget deadline looms larger and closer.
December 20, 2015 Estimate shows 17 percent of government is actually shut down The so-called government shutdown which started last week affects just 17 percent of the entire federal government, according to a recent spending calculation.
December 20, 2015 Budget stalemate persists as focus shifts to debt ceiling debate With prospects for a quick end to the 5-day-old partial government shutdown diminishing, lawmakers are turning their attention to the debate over a mid-October deadline for avoiding a threatened first-ever default.
December 20, 2015 NPS orders closure of park that receives no federal funding The National Park Service has ordered the closure of a Virginia park that sits on federal land, even though the government provides no resources for its maintenance or operation.