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President Obama wants to reduce the threat of Iran building an atomic bomb. Iran’s President Rouhani wants to free his economy from economic sanctions. Is that enough for a permanent deal after a yearlong temporary agreement that ends next Monday? Negotiations are resuming tomorrow.

More than seven million Americans have health insurance because of Obamacare.  Another chance to enroll starts tomorrow.  But another round of attacks on the Affordable Care Act is already well underway.  We hear about new requirements and about political and legal challenges.

The message from some 80 percent of Americans to the Federal Communications Commission is essentially, “don’t mess with the Internet.” President Obama is also on board. But major interests say “net neutrality” may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at how the stereotype of the wounded warrior might be keeping vets from finding meaningful work in civilian life. 

Republican majorities will try to reverse the President’s war on greenhouse emissions- and increase domestic production of fossil fuels.How will the President and other Democrats respond?

With more states approving the use of marijuana, pot has moved from hippie communes to executive boardrooms.  As it becomes big business, will Congress consider lifting the total ban under federal law?

President Obama’s “re-set” with Russia is a thing of the past, as Vladimir Putin continues to pose new challenges. We hear about NATO, economic sanctions, the price of oil — and financial corruption.

Democrat Barack Obama is now officially a lame-duck president, with the Senate controlled by Republicans and the House with its biggest GOP majority since 1950.  How did they do it, and what’s next in the halls of Congress and in the White House?

Americans have access to more news sources than ever before, but they read, watch or listen most to the ones they trust. Liberals and conservatives make very different choices — reinforced by the influence of social media.

Despite expectations, Obamacare, immigration reform and global warming have not been in the forefront of this year’s mid-Term election campaigns — but Republicans and Democrats are girding for battles to come.  We look at the prospects for the next Congress and for Presidential campaigning that’s already begun.