| SCOTUS Obamacare ruling: 2016 presidential candidates weigh in Posted:  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the provision of tax subsidies under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature health-care law...
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| What does SCOTUS Obamacare ruling mean? Posted: 25 Jun 2015 07:20 AM PDT  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to uphold the availability of tax subsidies related to President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, the 2010 Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare. Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric hosted a special live discussion of the ruling with Yahoo News chief White House correspondent Olivier Knox, Yahoo News national affairs reporter Liz Goodwin, and National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeff Rosen.
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| The Obama legacy on race Posted: 25 Jun 2015 04:19 AM PDT  When future historians look back on Obama's presidency and try to understand his place in America's racial evolution, they will almost certainly zero in on the one he gave Marc Maron in the comedian's southern California garage last week, in which Obama dared to publicly utter the most explosive racial epithet in American life.
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| French anti-Uber protests turn violent Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:43 AM PDT  Protests against ride-booking app Uber turned violent Thursday in France as cabbies torched cars, blocked roads and attacked a vehicle carrying American rocker Courtney Love. Among the some 2,800 cabbies who took part in the strike, police arrested at least 11 across the country in connection with confrontations that erupted as the drivers blocked access to airports, train stations and major roads. Taxi drivers in France are furious over an Uber service called UberPOP, which puts customers in touch with private drivers at prices lower than those of traditional taxis.
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| U.S. top court backs Obamacare, president says it's here to stay Posted: 25 Jun 2015 12:05 PM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed President Barack Obama's healthcare law, upholding nationwide tax subsidies crucial to his signature domestic policy achievement. Obama strode into the White House Rose Garden after the ruling to declare that the law known as Obamacare is working, helping millions of Americans afford health insurance who otherwise would have none, and that it is "here to stay." Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, wrote in the 6-3 ruling that Congress clearly intended for the tax subsidies that help millions of low- and moderate-income people afford private health insurance to be available in all 50 states.
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| First victim of Charleston massacre mourned as battle rages over flag Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:39 AM PDT  South Carolina took a small step toward healing the wounds of last week's massacre at a historic black church in Charleston as mourners gathered for the funeral of one of the nine victims. Thursday's service for Ethel Lance, 70, the first to be held, comes days after some of the families of the slain black churchgoers offered unqualified forgiveness for the young white man accused of their murders. In the aftermath of the slayings, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and other Republicans reversed their position on flying the banner and are now calling for its removal from the State House grounds, saying it is divisive.
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| NY prison guard charged with giving tools to escapees for art Posted: 25 Jun 2015 07:05 AM PDT  A corrections officer was due in court on Thursday as the second person charged with helping two murderers escape an upstate New York prison, accused of passing them tools hidden in frozen hamburger in exchange for artwork, court documents said. Guard Gene Palmer, 57, who was suspended with pay from Clinton Correctional Facility, was freed after posting $25,000 cash bail early on Thursday, the Clinton County Sheriff's Department said. Law enforcement officials searched the thick forests of the Adirondack Mountains for fugitives Richard Matt, who turned 49 on Thursday, and David Sweat, 35, in the 20th day of a manhunt.
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| Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies Posted: 25 Jun 2015 07:21 AM PDT  The Supreme Court spared a key part of President Barack Obama's signature law in a 6-3 decision Thursday, ruling that the federal government may continue to subsidize health insurance in the dozens of states that did not set up their own exchanges.
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| House completes Obama's trade items as Pacific pact looms Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Congress rounded out President Barack Obama's trade package Thursday, overwhelmingly passing a worker training program just weeks after it was stymied.
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| Supreme Court upholds discrimination claims in housing case Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:13 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of the type of civil rights allegations that can be made under the landmark Fair Housing Act by ruling that the law allows for discrimination claims based on seemingly neutral practices that may have a discriminatory effect. On a 5-4 vote in a major civil rights case, the court handed a victory to civil rights groups and the administration of President Barack Obama, which had backed a Texas nonprofit that claimed the state violated the law by disproportionately awarding low-income housing tax credits to developers who own properties in poor, minority-dominated neighborhoods. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who often casts the deciding vote in close cases, joined the court's four liberals in the majority. The court was considering whether the 1968 law allows for so-called disparate impact claims in which plaintiffs only need to show the discriminatory effect of a particular practice and not evidence of discriminatory intent.
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| Second prison worker arrested in New York escape Posted: 25 Jun 2015 03:41 AM PDT  A veteran guard allegedly swapped paint and tools for art by one of the escaped killers.
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| Obama to Clyburn: Charleston victims 'are my people' Posted:  Rep. James Clyburn recalls an anguished call with President Obama the day after the tragedy.
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| Obama scolds heckler at gay pride event: 'You're in my house' Posted: 24 Jun 2015 11:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester for being disrespectful in "my house."
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