‘I am Chelsea’: Read Manning's full statement  —  Video: “I am Chelsea Manning.  I am female,” explains the Army private via a statement read on TODAY Thursday.  Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday for leaking classified government documents.

After Sentencing, Manning Says, ‘I Am Female’  —  Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army private who pleaded guilty to leaking government files to WikiLeaks and was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years in military prison, said in a statement Thursday that “I am female” and wants to begin living life that way.

The Movement to Defund Obamacare, Explained  —  The activists pushing the latest Tea Party cause can't explain how their effort to stop health-care reform could ever possibly succeed.  Will they shut down the government?  —  The Tea Party has a new obsession: killing Obamacare by stripping the funding needed to implement the law.

Republicans weigh using debt limit as leverage on Obamacare  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers, who staunchly oppose President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, are considering using a fall showdown over the country's borrowing limit as leverage to try to delay the law's implementation.

University of Virginia cuts some health benefits, citing ObamaCare costs  —  The University of Virginia said Wednesday that it will stop offering health insurance to some employees' spouses because of rising costs under ObamaCare.  —  The university said the Affordable Care Act will add $7.3 million to its healthcare costs next year.