In shift, GOP wants O-Care fix  —  Republicans have shifted their strategy on ObamaCare.  —  Weeks ago, many Republicans said ObamaCare — including Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) — was too broken to fix.  But now, the GOP is drafting legislation that aims to do just that.

Kerry: No deal is better than a bad deal  —  Secretary of State John Kerry insists the United States was not rushing into a nuclear deal with Iran - saying that “no deal is better than a bad deal.”  —  “This is serious business,” Kerry said about the negotiations over the program.

Donors plot against GOP rebel  —  Business leaders are plotting to take down Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) as part of a broader effort to punish lawmakers over the government shutdown.  —  In a letter obtained by The Hill, prominent Michigan donors request financial backing for Amash's primary challenger, Brian Ellis.

Graham won't end Benghazi holds  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham says he still plans to use Senate holds on President Barack Obama's nominees until he gets answers on the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.  —  Pressed on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday, the South Carolina Republican …

‘60 Minutes’ Apologizes For Benghazi Report: ‘We Were Wrong’ … “The truth is that we made a mistake,” CBS News correspondent Lara Logan said Friday as she apologized for an Oct. 27 report on 60 Minutes in which a State Department security contractor claimed he had been on the scene of the Sept. 11 …

Illinois Republican eyes return to Congress  —  Former Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.) wants to get back to Congress — to take on his own party.  —  Dold is attempting a comeback against former Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), who he lost to by less than 2,500 votes in a heavily Democratic suburban Chicago district last fall.

Bryant Park skating rink shooting leaves two injured, including 14-year-old avid skater; shooter at large  —  A gunman shot a 20-year-old man in the arm and 14-year-old Adonis Mera in the back — and the teen's family fears he may never walk again.  Police are searching for the suspected shooter …

The enigma of Janet Yellen as Fed chair  —  She who is about to become the most consequential woman in the history of American government will find it easier to be confirmed than it was to be nominated as the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board.  Janet Yellen probably was the president's second choice …

As Washington Keeps Sinking, Governors Rise  —  LOS ANGELES — Washington these days is the symbol of governmental failure, rocked by a shutdown, legislative paralysis and the disastrous debut of President Obama's health care program.  Public opinion of Mr. Obama and members of Congress is on a steady decline.

Gov. Rick Perry Questions NJ's Gov. Chris Christie's Ability to Appeal to Conservatives Nationwide  —  DES MOINES - Gov. Rick Perry of Texas credited Chris Christie for his re-election in New Jersey, but he pointedly questioned whether the 22-point victory by Christie held any greater meaning for the Republican Party.

For Gore Vidal, a Final Plot Twist  —  Gore Vidal always kept a fire burning in the grate, his nephew Burr Steers said as we stood in the author's living room in Los Angeles, “even when it was 110 degrees outside.”  Mr. Vidal had suffered hypothermia while serving in the Army during World War II …