OBAMACARE PRICES: Federal officials issue new report on Obamacare premiums, competition and choice among plans sold on Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2014. This could shed some light on how individual insurers did in terms of market share nationally, including detail on the average premium paid for certain plans and the amount of choices people have. Read more
STANDING FLOUNDERS: President Obama’s political standing has eroded anew amid setbacks at home and abroad, diminishing public confidence in his leadership, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has found. The survey showed that just 41 percent of Americans now approve of Obama’s handling of his job, reversing an uptick this spring. The same proportion approve his handling of the economy, while just 37 percent approve his handling of foreign policy—the worst such rating of his presidency. Read more
IRAQ-KEYSTONE CONNECTION: The violence unfolding in Iraq is reverberating in the debate over U.S. energy policy. Advocates of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline are citing the crisis as a reason the project should be approved post-haste. Read more
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