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Obamacare premiums are rising. Is anyone October surprised?
Health insurance premiums under Obamacare are spiking and Donald Trump claims it's proof that the Democrats' signature healthcare reform is blowing up. Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at how healthcare is shaping the campaign in the last two weeks before the election.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 52m ListenPhoto: 401(K) 2012
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4 storiesFBI reviews new emails linked to Clinton
FBI Director James Comey said today that his agency had uncovered new emails related to the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private server. That bombshell came 11 days before the election -- in the form of a letter to Congress . At a rally today in New Hampshire, Donald Trump tried to make political hay of the news.
Read the story7 minCyberhacking, the Russian way
Cybersecurity experts quickly reached a worldwide consensus that the recent hack of Democratic National Committee emails bore a Russian fingerprint. But pinning down the Russian government's involvement in the leak is a harder case to make since most of the nation's expertise is focused in the private sector.
Read the story5 minObamacare premiums: October surprise?
This week the Obama administration announced that more than 11 million consumers in the federal exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act will see their healthcare premiums jump by an average of 25 percent next year. In some states they could even double.
Read the story35 minReaction to Oregon occupation verdicts
All seven anti-government protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy in the Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation were found not guilty of federal conspiracy and weapons charges in federal district court in Portland yesterday.
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