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.

Team Clinton started talks on 2016 White House run night of Obama's victory  —  Members of Team Clinton started talking about a 2016 presidential bid months before the former first lady left the State Department.  —  The night President Obama won his second term, Allida Black and Adam Parkhomenko …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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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.

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.

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.