Another day, another lawless exemption, once again for business.  —  'ObamaCare" is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Obama says it does on any given day.  His latest lawless rewrite arrived on Monday as the White House decided …

Immigration groups turn to anger  —  Immigration reform advocates are done playing nice with House Republicans.  —  After holding their fire for years at the urging of the Obama administration, several immigration reform groups now plan to unleash their anger at the right.

Cruz Does Boehner No Favors  —  After championing the Affordable Care Act defunding strategy that led to the government shutdown in October, Sen. Ted Cruz continues to do Speaker John A. Boehner no favors — and some of Boehner's allies think the tea party Texan should mind his own business.

Shirley Temple Black, Screen Darling, Dies at 85  —  Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85.

HealthCare.gov to be out of service  —  HealthCare.gov will be out of service for two and a half days beginning on Feb. 15 — the last day people can sign up to obtain coverage that begins on March 1.  —  The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced in a blog post on Monday …

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 …

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 …

Video shows U.S. abduction of accused al-Qaeda terrorist on trial for embassy bombings  —  After dawn prayers Oct. 5, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, a wanted al-Qaeda terrorism suspect, returned to his family's home in Tripoli, Libya.  —  He stopped his car in front of the house …

McCaskill: I Wouldn't Campaign With Obama This Year  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Tuesday that she wouldn't roll out the welcome mat for President Obama if she were seeking re-election in Missouri this year.  —  McCaskill was asked during an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” …

Zoo official on Marius the giraffe: Conservation isn't always clean  —  (CNN) — Outrage over the recent killing of a healthy giraffe at a Danish zoo misses a crucial point, an official argued.  —  “Conservation is not always simple.  It's not always clean,” said Lesley Dickie …

Why Democrats Will Win on Unemployment Insurance  —  For the fifth time this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brought an unemployment-insurance extension to the floor last week, even though several members of his party admitted that they didn't have the votes to pass it.  —  They came close.

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.

Rubio Won't Say If He Smoked Weed  —  It's a question politicians are asked all the time: have you smoked weed?  Sen. Marco Rubio won't say.