TSA Agent Fatally Shot, Others Wounded In Shooting At LAX  —  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A TSA agent was killed and several other people were injured Friday in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, police said.  —  CBS News' John Miller said the gunman, who was outfitted in camouflage …

The Obamacare sabotage campaign  —  To the undisputed reasons for Obamacare's rocky rollout — a balky website, muddied White House messaging and sudden sticker shock for individuals forced to buy more expensive health insurance — add a less acknowledged cause: calculated sabotage by Republicans at every step.

Court strikes down mandate for birth control in ObamaCare  —  A federal appeals court on Friday struck down the birth control mandate in ObamaCare, concluding the requirement trammels religious freedom.  —  The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — the second most influential bench in the land behind …

As Cuts to Food Stamps Take Effect, More Trims to Benefits Are Expected  —  Starting Friday, millions of Americans receiving food stamps will be required to get by with less government assistance every month, a move that not only will cost them money they use to feed their families but is expected …

Poll: Growing Number of Republicans Dislike GOP  —  October was clearly a cruel month for both President Barack Obama and the Republicans, both of whom saw their images slump to new lows in Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling.  —  But hidden within the data is a more disturbing reality for the Republican Party.

Brock wants ‘60 Minutes’ retraction  —  David Brock, the Clinton ally who led the public effort to pressure CNN and NBC out of their Hillary-related film projects, is set to send a letter to the chairman and president of CBS News calling on them to retract a recent “60 Minutes” segment on the attacks in Benghazi.

Republican Campaign Committee Pushes Back Against Conservative Group  —  In a warning shot to outside conservative groups, the National Republican Senatorial Committee this week informed a prominent Republican advertising firm that it would not receive any contracts with the campaign committee …

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2013  —  The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted October 17-23, finds that the public reported paying more attention this month to the political fights over the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling than technical problems with the opening …

Executive Order — Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change  —  PREPARING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to prepare the Nation …

A War on the Poor  —  John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, has done some surprising things lately.  First, he did an end run around his state's Legislature — controlled by his own party — to proceed with the federally funded expansion of Medicaid that is an important piece of Obamacare.

Why Bill Kristol left Fox News  —  Bill Kristol, the editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard, ended a decade-long run as Fox News contributor this summer two years after he and Roger Ailes got into a disagreement that had a cooling effect on their relationship, sources with knowledge of the relationship told POLITICO.

Republicans see Cruz as party leader  —  PPP's newest national survey finds that in the wake of the shutdown, Republican voters now view Ted Cruz as their party's leader.  21% picked Cruz to 17% for Chris Christie, and 15% for John Boehner.  Cruz finished well ahead of the other GOP Senators …

Stream of Reports Say Pakistani Taliban Leader Died in Drone Strike  —  LONDON — An American drone strike killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, on Friday, according to Pakistani intelligence officials and militant commanders in the tribal belt.

GOP Deeply Divided Over Climate Change  —  Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say there is solid evidence that the earth has been getting warmer over the last few decades, a figure that has changed little in the past few years.  While partisan differences over climate change remain substantial …

Sex workers embrace Obamacare  —  A burlesque dancer dressed as a nurse taunts her co-performer with a toy syringe, dangling the medicine seductively in an act that's meant to reflect the cat-and-mouse game of U.S. healthcare.  They shimmy and eventually end up topless.

Time to Move On?  The Case Against Daylight Saving Time  —  Changing our clocks twice a year doesn't save us energy or money, experts say.  —  Sunrise brightens the fall countryside in Devon, England, in 2012.  —  Clocks “fall back” this Sunday, November 3, and people are again asking: Why do we bother with daylight saving time?

Navy SEALs ordered to remove 'don't tread on me' Navy Jack from uniforms  —  The Navy Jack is the 'don't tread on me' flag, one that has earned a revered place in America's naval history and a beloved place in sailor's hearts, through its use for over two centuries.