Jon Stewart responds to the government investigation into outrageous pricing in the U.S. health care system launched in the …
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The Obama Presidency in Pictures
As Barack Obama campaigns for a second term, TIME’s photo editors recap his White House tenure to date.
Political Pictures of the Week, June 30-July 6
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Why Romney Probably Won’t Harp on Health Care
After much bluster from Republicans last week about how the Supreme Court‘s Obamacare decision would be a 2012 election game-changer, it’s starting to look as though the Romney campaign won’t, in fact, make Obamacare a central …
Decision 2012: Battle of the Health Care Contortionists
Both major party candidates running for President, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, say America faces a clear choice in November. But good luck figuring out all the fine print, especially when it comes to their positions on health …
John Roberts, Conservative Outcast, and the Supreme Court’s Unprecedented Leak
So much for weeks of chatter about how the Supreme Court is the last hermetic institution in Washington. CBS News has its hands on a once-in-a-lifetime scoop: someone with intimate knowledge of the court’s health care …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 23-29
From the healthcare ruling to the campaign trail, TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Roberts Rules: What the Health Care Decision Means for the Country
You don’t have to love classical music to be amazed that Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony while deaf or be a fan of the old New York Giants to marvel at Willie Mays’ catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
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And Now, How to Improve Obamacare
Obama could help himself if he leveled with voters about the law’s weaknesses
Stop Overthinking This. The Real Significance of the Court’s Decision Is the Decision.
Now is the time for the Smart Takes, for pundits to earn their pay, for analysts to analyze the larger significance of the Court’s decision beyond the obvious Obamacare Survives headlines. Here’s my dumb take: Stop …
After Health Care Ruling, Team Obama Breathes a Sigh of Relief and Moves On
Barack Obama got to watch his own legacy crumble on live television, standing just outside the Oval Office where a flat screen broadcasts the feeds of four different cable news stations. “Supreme Ct. Kills Individual …
Health Care Issue May Fade Fast for Romney
Mitt Romney has long run a campaign obsessively focused on Barack Obama’s economic record. Romney has been so monomaniacal that I recently wondered in this space whether he might actually be putting too much emphasis on the …
Obama’s Big Health Care Win: An Incredible Stroke of Luck
During the Tea Party summer of 2009, when suburban revolutionaries with funny hats and nasty signs began screaming about Obamacare and tyranny, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel urged the President to settle for a less comprehensive …