Fewer than 50,000 sign up on Obamacare website, media report suggests
November 11th, 2013
09:02 PM ET
Comments (26 comments)
7 years ago

Fewer than 50,000 sign up on Obamacare website, media report suggests

Posted by

(CNN) - It appears fewer than 50,000 people successfully signed up for health coverage through the federally run Obamacare website during the first five weeks of open enrollment, falling well short of expectations for the period, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

The federal online application process has been marked so far by serious technical problems with HealthCare.gov since its October 1 launch.

FULL STORY

Filed under: Healthcare • Obamacare
CNN's GUT CHECK for November 11, 2013
November 11th, 2013
06:10 PM ET
Comments (Add comment)
7 years ago

CNN's GUT CHECK for November 11, 2013

Posted by

CNN's GUT CHECK | for November 11, 2013 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle

DEVELOPING: 10,000 FEARED DEAD, LITTLE RELIEF FOR TYPHOON SURVIVORS
Troops and aid organizations battled blocked roads and devastating damage Monday to deliver help to stranded Filipinos struggling to survive the powerful storm's aftermath, even as another tropical system moved in to deliver more unwanted rain. …"There are too many people dead," said Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross. "We have bodies in the water, bodies on the bridges, bodies on the side of the road." – Paula Hancocks, Ivan Watson and Jethro Mullen

WATCH: First-hand account of the storm
FULL POST
Filed under: CNN's Gut Check
Oversight Committee Democrats to Issa: Withdraw Park subpoena
November 11th, 2013
05:55 PM ET
Comments (25 comments)
7 years ago

Oversight Committee Democrats to Issa: Withdraw Park subpoena

Posted by

Washington (CNN) - Two Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have asked the panel’s chairman to withdraw his Obamacare subpoena of the White House chief technology officer, according to a letter sent Monday.

In the letter released to reporters, Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Gerald Connolly of Virginia called Rep. Darrell Issa’s subpoena of Todd Park “unnecessary and misguided,” and said it was part of a “predetermined political strategy rather than a constructive effort to conduct responsible oversight.”
FULL POST
Filed under: Darrell Issa • Elijah Cummings • Health care • Obamacare
November 11th, 2013
05:32 PM ET
Comments (21 comments)
7 years ago

Local Houston election winner denies race deception claims

Posted by

(CNN) - The winner of a tight local election in a mostly African-American community in Houston on Monday denied assertions that he deceived voters into thinking he was black.

Dave Wilson, who is white, edged out 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin by 26 votes, 5,961-5,935 to become the District II representative for the Houston Community College System board of trustees, according to the local election board.
FULL POST
Filed under: Texas
Kerry to brief Senate panel on Iran talks
November 11th, 2013
05:26 PM ET
Comments (3 comments)
7 years ago

Kerry to brief Senate panel on Iran talks

Posted by

(CNN) - Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Capitol Hill this week to testify on negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions as some members of Congress push harder for new sanctions with the latest round of talks failing to produce an agreement.

Kerry will meet with members of the Senate Banking Committee, a committee aide said. The session on Wednesday will be closed, a senior State Department official said.

FULL STORY

Filed under: Iran • John Kerry
Difference of 17 votes in VA AG race: recount appears likely
November 11th, 2013
02:42 PM ET
Comments (53 comments)
7 years ago

Difference of 17 votes in VA AG race: recount appears likely

Posted by

(CNN) - The race for Virginia Attorney General appears headed for a recount, with 17 votes separating the candidates a week after Election Day out of more than 2.2 million ballots cast.

Republican state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain currently has a 0.0015%, lead over Democratic state Sen. Mark Herring, 1,103,443 to 1,103,426 in unofficial results, more than close enough for Herring to petition for a recount.
FULL POST
Filed under: Virginia
November 11th, 2013
07:38 AM ET
Comments (40 comments)
7 years ago

Members of Congress thank veterans on Twitter

FULL POST
Filed under: Congress