Obama Officials In 2010: 93 Million Americans Will Be Unable To Keep Their Health Plans Under Obamacare  —  On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress about the continuing issues with the rollout of Obamacare's health insurance exchanges.

WATCH: Ted Cruz's Dad Calls US a “Christian Nation,” Says Obama Should Go “Back to Kenya”  —  Want to understand where the tea party champion's hardcore views come from?  Meet his father, Rafael.  —  In April, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), spoke to the tea party of Hood County …

Book: Obama asked Hillary Clinton to stay  —  President Barack Obama asked Hillary Clinton several times to stay on as his secretary of state during a Nov. 2012 ride aboard Air Force One, but she told him it was time for her to move on, a new book reveals.  —  “Would you reconsider, perhaps stay another year?

Press Release - FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics  —  For Immediate Release  —  WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that the FAA has determined that airlines …

Obama voices ‘enormous frustration’ with GOP  —  President Obama told donors at a fundraiser Wednesday in Boston that he sometimes felt an “enormous frustration” with Republican efforts to block his legislative agenda.  —  “Sometimes people ask me, 'Man, how do you stay optimistic …

How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise  —  In the 2008 election, President Obama's advisers talked of their boss's belief that it was time for an “iPod government.”  Obama, a technology addict who tools around on his iPad before going to sleep and who fought …

Debunking the Debunkers: Yes, Obamacare Rate Shock is Real  —  On October 26, The Los Angeles Times ran a story by Chad Terhune, documenting how many Californians feel lied as they are being forced out of their current health care plans due to Obamacare.  —  “All we've been hearing …

Syria chemical weapons equipment destroyed, says OPCW  —  Syria's declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has been destroyed, the international watchdog says.  —  This comes a day before the deadline set by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW.

Obamacare is a mess, and liberals need to fix it  —  Democrats need to acknowledge that, and make it work for everyone  —  It has been a pretty lousy month for the idea that the American government is capable of expanding access to healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured.

The Right to Vote  —  It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting not just African-Americans …

Thursday: Cory Booker and Mel Watt in the Senate  —  The Senate starts at 10 a.m., and will debate the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  —  Republicans see Watt as someone who is likely to favor ongoing government intervention in the housing market.

The Biggest Lie?  ‘Keep Your Plan’  —  Deception: In the face of millions of cancellation notices, Democrats want to downplay the president's “keep your health plan” pledge as standard political hyperbole.  It was, in fact, a calculated lie that got ObamaCare enacted.

MASSIVE OIL DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA IS DEATHBLOW FOR SAUDIS  —  It is 6 times larger than the Bakken, 17 times the size of the Marcellus formation, and 80 times larger than the Eagle Ford shale.  —  All told the recent discovery outside a sleepy Australian town contains more black gold than in all of Iran, Iraq, Canada, or Venezuela.

37% Say Zombies Would Do Better Job Than Federal Gov't, 37% Opt for Feds  —  It's not exactly a vote of confidence in the powers that be: A sizable number of Americans think the undead would do a better job than the brain dead in Washington, D.C.  —  Thirty-seven percent (37%) …

As Interest Fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry  —  STANFORD, Calif. — On Stanford University's sprawling campus, where a long palm-lined drive leads to manicured quads, humanities professors produce highly regarded scholarship on Renaissance French literature and the philosophy of language.

More on the Tech Surge  —  Site Tags:  —  Julie Bataille, Director of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  —  Thursday, October 31, 2013  —  As part of the “Tech Surge,” we've added key personnel from the government and private sector, including expert engineers and technology managers.