Welcome to The Intercept  —  We are very excited to welcome everyone to The Intercept, a publication of First Look Media (FLM).  The Intercept, which the three of us created, is the first of what will be numerous digital magazines published by FLM.  —  As soon as we resolved to build The Intercept …

White House delays health insurance mandate for medium-sized employers until 2016  —  The Obama administration announced Monday it would give medium-sized employers an extra year, until 2016, before they must offer health insurance to their full-time workers.

Hoyer predicts Democrats positioned to win back the House in 2014  —  Washington (CNN) - The second ranking House Democrat predicted his party was in good position to retake control of the House of Representatives in the 2014 midterm election.  —  House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer pointed …

Joe Scarborough believed to be taking idea of 2016 presidential bid seriously  —  Sources close to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough think he is seriously considering the prospect of leaving morning television to run for president in 2016.  —  Last week, Scarborough was all smiles …

Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills Iraqi Pupils  —  BAGHDAD — A group of Sunni militants attending a suicide bombing training class at a camp north of Baghdad were killed on Monday when their commander unwittingly conducted a demonstration with a belt that was packed with explosives, army and police officials said.

Correction: Scott Walker Didn't Say He Voted For Reagan  —  Last month, I did an interview with Scott Walker.  Here's an excerpt from that interview which seemed insignificant at the time that has gotten a lot of attention from liberal blogs today.  I remember, I was a teenager …

Obama: ‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’  —  President Obama “quipped” today during a visit to Monticello with the French president, “That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.”  —  Via the pool report: … The comment came around the time the White House announced …

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Frequently Asked Questions About CBO's Estimates of the Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act  —  Last week CBO released its latest report on the outlook for the budget and the economy; we also released a companion report that takes a closer look at the slow recovery of the labor market.

A Mighty Shout in North Carolina  —  Geoffrey Zeger didn't attend last year's Moral Mondays, the series of civil-disobedience events at which more than 900 people were arrested at the North Carolina legislature.  The weekday occupations, coordinated by the North Carolina NAACP to protest …

GOP Rep.: Give Our Nominees 'Duct Tape to Put Over Their Mouths So They Don't Say Stupid Things'  —  Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event on Monday about conservative alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) told the audience that among the ways in which the GOP …

Rand Paul Struggles To Explain Why He's Supporting McConnell (AUDIO)  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is embarrassed to be supporting Mitch McConnell for re-election, and he can barely hide it.  —  In a radio interview posted to YouTube on Saturday, the conservative freshman was asked …

Obamacare's $70 billion pay cut  —  In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to “give America a raise.”  Well, it turns out that Obama is giving America a $70 billion annual pay cut, courtesy of Obamacare.  —  That is the overlooked nugget in the new Congressional …