“In a second term,” Mitt Romney darkly warned in a speech to the National Rifle Association last month, President Obama “would be unrestrained by the demands of reelection.” But Romney was cagey about what, exactly, that would mean: His only specific prediction was that Obama would “remake” the Supreme Court. So it was helpful when, at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner a week ago, the president opened up about the “secret agenda” he has planned. “In my first term,” he joked, “we ended the war in Iraq; in my second term, I will win the war on Christmas. . . . In my first term, we passed health-care reform; in my second term, I guess I’ll pass it again.” Read full article > >

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If Obama wins, what would he do in a second term?

HMRC letters sent to 1.3m homes advising on changes to the child tax credit system are ‘misleading’ says a tax reform charity.

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HMRC ‘misleading’ on tax credits

The quick read is that today went very badly for supporters of the individual mandate. As one of the experienced Supreme Court watchers who runs SCOTUSblog tweeted , “Paul Clement” — the attorney arguing against the health-care law — “gave the best argument I’ve ever heard. No real hard questions from the right. Mandate is in trouble.” Read full article > >

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A bad day for Obamacare’s supporters

Since the 2010 health-care bill became law two years ago Friday, it has launched fundamental changes to Medicaid, Medicare and the private health-insurance system relied on by millions of Americans. Its most transformative — and controversial — provisions are not set to take effect until 2014, but a complex web of new rules has already extended coverage and expanded benefits across the country. Read full article > >

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Health-care changes may not all disappear even if justices overturn the law

President Obama boasted at a United Auto Workers conference last week that General Motors was back in business, producing cutting-edge vehicles like the plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt . He even promised to buy one when his time in office ends “five years from now.” Read full article > >

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US house prices began falling again in August, following the expiry of homebuyers’ tax credit, a survey suggests.

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US house prices show renewed dip