HealthCare.gov won't be perfect on Dec. 1, administration says  —  Administration officials said Monday that some visitors to ObamaCare's federal enrollment site would experience outages, slow response times or messages to try again later during the month of December.

John Kerry opened secret channel to Iran  —  Quiet diplomacy helped lead to deal on Tehran's nuclear program  —  WASHINGTON — It was early December 2011 and the US Senate was poised to hold a crucial vote on the nomination of Richard Cordray to head President Obama's controversial new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

CNN/ORC poll: Democrats lose 2014 edge following Obamacare uproar  —  Washington (CNN) - What a difference a month makes.  —  A new CNN/ORC International poll indicates a dramatic turnaround in the battle for control of Congress in next year's midterm elections.

Republicans mindlessly oppose Iran nuclear deal  —  Republicans are opposed to President Obama's deal with the Iranians — whatever it is.  —  A couple of minutes after 9 p.m. on Saturday, word crossed the news wires that negotiators in Geneva had reached an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

Julian Assange unlikely to face U.S. charges over publishing classified documents  —  The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so without …

Remarks by the President on Immigration Reform — San Francisco, CA  —  THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Well, hello, San Francisco!  (Applause.)  It is great to be back in California.  It is great to be with all of you.  I love San Francisco.  (Applause.)  You got great food.

It's all ho-ho-ho til Obama hijacks your holiday: Column  —  Forget the turkey; stuff yourself with health care talk.  —  CONNECT  —  Loathe peaceful holidays?  Detest the spirit of agreeableness and good will that tends to pervade during this time of year?

Among American workers, poll finds unprecedented anxiety about jobs, economy  —  Will Figg/For The Washington Post - John Stewart works at the Philadelphia International Airport escorting passengers in wheelchairs.  The job pays $5.25 an hour, plus tips.  “I'm glad I don't have a family,” Stewart said.

Praised by de Blasio, Dinkins Responds With an Arrow  —  To punctuate an impassioned pitch for his signature plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio went out of his way during a speech on Monday to praise a cherished political mentor and former boss watching from the audience.

Charles Krauthammer: Worst since Munich  —  'This is a sham from beginning to end.  It's the worst deal since Munich,' he said.  John Shinkle/POLITICO  —  Close  —  Charles Krauthammer says he believes President Barack Obama's deal with Iran is “the worst deal since Munich.”

Steubenville case: Four more charged, including superintendent, volunteer coach  —  An Ohio grand jury investigating an alleged cover-up in the Steubenville rape case has indicted four more people, including the school superintendent and an assistant football coach.

Why voters are finished believing Obama's health care promises  —  In April, Real Clear Politics' average of polls showed that 47 percent of Americans opposed Obamacare, while 41 percent supported it — a 6-percentage-point edge for opponents of the president's health care law …

End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now  —  WASHINGTON — THE framers of the Constitution declared that government officials had no power to seize the records of individual Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, and they embedded this principle in the Fourth Amendment.

Karzai tells Susan Rice of more demands for accord extending U.S. troop presence  —  KABUL — Efforts by the United States and Afghanistan to finalize a long-term security arrangement appeared on the brink of collapse Monday as Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a new set of demands …

Creigh Deeds: ‘I am alive for a reason’  —  Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds says he's “alive for a reason” in his first comments to the media following an altercation at his residence last week where he suffered multiple stab wounds to the head and torso and his son killed himself with a rifle.