One of the big data companies responsible for the Obamacare website scored an over-$19 million taxpayer-funded contract from the State Department for its new visa-processing system as well as help managing oversight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda,
The fans who rushed to support Phil Robertson in the wake of his A&E suspension clearly couldn’t wait for fresh installments of Duck Dynasty. The show’s Wednesday night episode, the first from season 5, scored 8.5 million viewers, a figure
The annual Oscars telecast has been angering conservative viewers for years. Blame the show’s willingness to mock GOP-friendly targets, awards handed out to hard-left documentaries and the general liberal tilt of the film industry in general. It didn’t help that
A federal judge has denied a settlement in the lawsuit brought by more than 4,000 retired NFL players against the league. The parties agreed on a $765 million settlement just prior to a the negotiating deadline set for early last
Deadline.com is reporting that Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, a Western with the tentative title The Hateful Eight, is being shown to Christoph Walz, the dual Oscar-winning actor of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, and 77-year-old Bruce Dern, whose name is
The United States sent military advisers to Somalia in October to aim their fight against the radical Islamic terrorist group al-Shabab. It is the first time the U.S. military has been in the country since the “Black Hawk Down” incident
On Friday, House Republicans introduced legislation to extend the government’s spending authority for three days beyond next week’s January 15th deadline. The extension would avoid a government shutdown and allow more time for negotiators to finalize an omnibus spending bill.
Now that the first deadline has passed and healthcare.gov is more or less working as it should have been in October, a new problem is beginning to reveal itself. So far, the mix of young, healthy enrollees in the risk
President Barack Obama’s administration will use taxpayer funds to promote Obamacare during the Sochi Winter Olympics at a time when young Americans that the administration needs to sign up for Obamacare have not been doing so in numbers the administration
(AP) India takes aim at privileges held by US diplomatsBy ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated PressNEW DELHIIndia chipped away at America’s diplomatic perks Wednesday, ordering the envoys to obey local traffic laws and warning that a popular U.S. Embassy club violates diplomatic
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Tens of thousands of migrants to Israel protest in Tel Aviv Mideast ‘peace talks’ near collapse as Kerry leaves without deal Hamas welcomes the Palestinian Authority back to Gaza Tens of thousands of migrants to
We are rapidly approaching the eight-year anniversary of Rush Limbaugh’s count toward the ten-year Al Gore deadline for the earth to cook. On January 27, 2006, Rush mentioned Gore’s appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to promote his film An Inconvenient
Just in time for the 2014 midterm elections, conservative group ForAmerica is launching a six-figure social media and digital ad campaign targeting the Obama administration–specifically, the IRS’s handling of several scandals involving pro-America groups. ForAmerica, a conservative non-profit civic league
This weekend, California’s Obamacare exchange extended the deadline for the first month’s premium payment by another week. The state exchange had already extended the deadline to Monday, January 6. “Covered California” announced the news as news outlets across California started
The NFL has granted the Cincinnati Bengals, the Green Bay Packers, and the Indianapolis Colts extensions on ticket sales to prevent their games from being blacked out over the weekend in their respective local markets. The Packers are reportedly “about
Never mind the purging of hundreds of his family members or the bizarrely ominous faxes threatening war with the South. And never mind anything having to do with Dennis Rodman. What Kim Jong-un really wants the international media to focus
A December 31 deadline to remove part of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons arsenal from the country for destruction has been missed, with ships due to receive the materials returning to Cyprus. In Syria, meanwhile, a newspaper quoted government officials
As of the December 23 deadline, fewer than 13,000 Nevadans had signed up for their state-run health insurance exchange. Half of those signed-up, have yet to pay. The target sign up number for the state is 118,000 by March 2014.
(AP) Federal health market surpasses 1 million signupsBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressHONOLULUA December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government’s rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new signs of life for the problem-plagued
On Saturday, an estimated 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans will lose their unemployment insurance benefits. For the first time since 2008, Congress failed to extend the benefits went it passed a budget just before Christmas. The Obama Administration has warned
Will opponents of California’s new transgender law for students K-12 have enough signatures on their petitions to get a referendum blocking the law onto a state ballot? The law, which will take effect January 1 unless the referendum qualifies, allows
There was a surge in enrollment in December which brought Obamacare back from the brink of abysmal failure to something more like plain-old failure. A spreadsheet suggests enrollment in private plans is now at 26 percent of the goal for
After delaying the deadline by a day for which to apply for Obamacare for residents of 36 states that have to buy insurance on HealthCare.Gov, the Obama administration said this week that any user who “legitimately tried to apply” for
With the deadline to sign up for Obamacare having come and gone, many Americans have decided to “opt out” of President Obama’s signature health care reform law, choosing instead to pay the $95 penalty for sidestepping the individual mandate. “For
On Christmas Eve, the Obama administration announced yet another Obamacare enrollment extension on its HealthCare.gov blog for anyone who claims to have missed the myriad sign-up deadlines due to problems with the website. The New York Times called the announcement
A day after the Obama administration extended the deadline to apply for insurance through the federal exchanges, Politico declared that if Obamacare were a movie, it would be a “horror” or “disaster” film. Politico observed that each time the Obama
Explaining the latest of President Obama’s executive changes to the Affordable Care Act extending today’s deadline for January 1 coverage Assistant to the President and Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri on MSNBC.
I just went to healthcare.gov to see how it was doing on the eve of the newly announced deadline (today was the deadline until this morning). Here’s what I found: Right now on http://t.co/q5M34LsNOW: pic.twitter.com/hwNSlIPcAB — John Sexton (@verumserum) December
As the Obama administration scrambles to corral individuals into Obamacare before today’s deadline, experts worry that first-time health insurance buyers may be in for a rude awakening once they understand the conditions and terminology contained in their policies. A recent
The left-leaning journalism organization ProPublica says the only Obamacare deadline that matters is the one few are talking about: the recently extended January 10 deadline by which so-called Obamacare “enrollees” must make their first premium payment to officially activate their
Last week the White House announced that Obamacare itself could count as a hardship, meaning anyone with a cancelled plan could opt out of the individual mandate for 2014. Friday, CBS This Morning got some reaction from insurers, who were
The Obama administration has extended the deadline for enrollment from Monday at midnight to Christmas Eve at midnight. There was no public announcement of the change. According to the Washington Post, which published the news Monday, CMS declined to comment
Midnight on Monday was the deadline for individuals without insurance to be enrolled in ObamaCare. Over the weekend, however, the Obama Administration quietly made changes to the exchanges, providing an additional day to enroll in ObamaCare, according to the Washington
Washington has become the Scrooge that ruins Christmas for those of us involved in public policy. Instead of being a quiet period to commemorate the birth of Christ, enjoy time with our families, and to pleasantly work to deal with
(AP) Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyersBy CARLA K. JOHNSONAP Medical WriterCHICAGOAs a key enrollment deadline hits Monday, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health care marketplace and making what
A new Breitbart/Judicial Watch Poll reveals more than half of Americans are skeptical that the “Affordable Care Act” will lower their health insurance costs. Fifty-four percent say so, while only one-quarter believe their health insurance cost will decrease if they
With less than 24 hours to go until the critical Obamacare enrollment deadline, all eyes are on the Obama administration to see whether Democratic claims of a massive “Obamacare sign-up surge” will materialize. Tomorrow’s December 23rd deadline, which was extended
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said on Sunday that Obamacare’s endless problems could create a “complete meltdown” and endanger Democrats’ control of the U.S. Senate. “If it’s so much more expensive than what we anticipated and if the coverage is not
(AP) Even in willing states, health law’s rollout rockyBy PATRICK CONDONAssociated PressST. PAUL, Minn.A bug-ridden website. Endless wait times on a toll-free helpline. Error-laden data sent to insurance companies. These are not problems burdening Republican-led states that had to be
This week the administration claims they have almost broken even on the number of people who gained vs. lost insurance, but they offered no way for anyone to check their math. That’s a problem because their claims don’t seem to