How Obama referred to Tea Party protesters as ‘tea-baggers’ in handwritten letter to Texas teacher complaining about health care law  —  Responding to an angry constituent's letter about the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama allegedly used a sexually charged derogatory term referring to members of the Tea Party movement.

Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love  —  The question of whether for-profit companies can claim a religious identity, one that exempts them from obeying a generally applicable law, is fully worthy of the attention the Supreme Court is about to give it.

A Realist's Take on Obamacare  —  For years, Obamacare supporters weathered at best tepid support for the President's reform in the expectation that once people experienced the actual law, rather than the right-wing fever dream, opinions would change.  Then they were hit with the wholly unexpected surprise …

Latest small-business delay another blow to O-Care rollout  —  The White House is delaying the launch of its online small-business exchange by one year, a Health and Human Services (HHS) official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.  —  The delay is another setback for the troubled enrollment process …

Mike Tyson hits ‘horrible’ Obamacare  —  Boxer Mike Tyson thinks Obamacare has been KO'd.  —  “The reality of this plan: It didn't work.  So we have to find another plan,” Tyson said Wednesday on CNN's “Piers Morgan Live.”  —  The former heavyweight champion of the world said Obamacare is …

Help!  My hard drive with £4m in Bitcoins is somewhere in that Newport landfill  —  A digital ‘wallet’ containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish  —  Buried somewhere under four feet of mud and rubbish …

Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah  —  Talks reportedly deal with fight against al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues.  —  The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida …

The Hard Charger at Obama's Side Has His Hands Full  —  WASHINGTON — Denis McDonough was pacing the elliptical path on the South Lawn of the White House one day this fall, ruminating on the challenges of a second term for his boss, President Obama.  Mr. McDonough, the White House chief of staff …

Young men, get a ‘yes’ text before sex  —  Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN.  She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.

Mike Huckabee labels Lara Logan a ‘hero journalist’ for discredited Benghazi report  —  Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday said that Lara Logan's botched reporting on Benghazi made her a “hero journalist” and he was shocked that CBS News would force her off the air.

Joe Lieberman, lobbyist  —  The week of the 2012 elections, the New York Times magazine talked to then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was wrapping up his congressional career.  “You're retiring after serving 24 years in the Senate.  What lobbying firm are you going to join now?” the Times asked.