Obama accused of breaking promise to consumers as health plans cancel policies  —  A new controversy over the president's health-care law is threatening to overshadow the messy launch of its Web site: Notices are going out to hundreds of thousands of Americans informing them that their health insurance polices …

Annoyed Obama demands fix  —  An agitated President Obama has expressed frustration to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the faulty ObamaCare enrollment website.  —  A visibly annoyed Obama behind closed doors has made clear to Sebelius that it's her responsibility …

WH warned about website  —  Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal healthcare site was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN.  —  Read documents

Obama's pledge that ‘no one will take away’ your health plan  —  “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period.  If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period.

Spying Known at Top Levels, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top spymaster said on Tuesday that the White House had long been aware in general terms of the National Security Agency's overseas eavesdropping, stoutly defending the agency's intelligence-gathering methods …

27 GOP Senators ‘Disapprove’ Of Their Own Vote To Raise Debt Ceiling  —  Twenty-seven Republican senators voted with Democrats on Oct. 16 to lift the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophic default.  And each one of those 27 senators voted Tuesday to “disapprove” of their own votes.

Alex Sink is running for C.W. Bill Young's congressional seat, will move to Pinellas  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Sink is running for Congress.  —  Florida's former chief financial officer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee on Tuesday confirmed exclusively to the Tampa Bay Times that she is jumping …

Release Detail  —  October 30, 2013 - Mcauliffe Up By 4 Points In Close Virginia Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Libertarian Has 9 Percent  —  The Virginia governor's race is going down to the wire with Democrat Terry McAuliffe clinging to a slight 45 - 41 percent likely voter lead …

Nevada group seeks to draw GOP convention to Las Vegas in 2016  —  (File, JOHN GURZINSKI/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL)  —  CARSON CITY — A newly formed Nevada group announced Tuesday that it will make a formal bid to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas.

Republican: Many in GOP don't live in political reality  —  A House Republican lawmaker says many of his fellow GOP colleagues in Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), don't live in “political reality.”  —  Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) said that shutting down the government “over a deep matter of principle” didn't add up.

Letters From Camelot's Historian  —  Arthur Schlesinger Jr. remembers what Jackie Kennedy thought of Hillary Clinton, upbraids John Boehner for misquoting Lincoln, and denies JFK's philandering.  —  Over the course of a long career as an historian, public intellectual, speechwriter …

The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic  —  Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria.  Why does the legend persist?  —  Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' electrifying War of the Worlds broadcast, in which the Mercury Theatre on the Air enacted a Martian invasion of Earth.

The World's Most Powerful People 2013  —  Who's more powerful: the autocratic leader of a former superpower or the handcuffed commander in chief of the most dominant country in the world?  This year the votes for the World's Most Powerful went with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

17,000 gallons of crude oil spill near Smithville  —  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas — Crews have contained a giant oil spill in Fayette County.  —  Ramona Nye with the Railroad Commission of Texas told KVUE on Tuesday that about 400 barrels of crude oil (17,000 gallons) were spilled near Red Hollow Lane and Old Smithville Road in Smithville.