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National Edition News cover for November 4, 2015 - More than half of Obamacare co-ops go belly up: President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Some pollsters and activists think Donald Trump's lasering in on the economy and his perceived competence in creating jobs will appeal to the one segment of Hispanics that matters most in elections: those who work and tend to vote. (Associated Press)
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The proposal by Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton would raise the current minimum wage — set at $7.25 in 2009 — by almost two-thirds. (Associated Press)
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President Obama has declared this week as the first National Apprenticeship Week, with more than 200 events nationwide aimed at supporting programs "that will help rebuild our middle class," the Labor Department said. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama's health care law is approaching limits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Marco Rubio argued that the child tax credit was not a transfer payment but a repayment of taxes paid, including payroll taxes imposed on all workers. He said that the tax credit should be viewed as an investment in families and in their children's futures. (Associated Press)
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, smiles at a light moment during a Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Chicago. The City Council easily approved the Mayor's budget plan, that includes a massive property tax hike and other fees to help close a shortfall and improve the city's underfunded pension system. A vote many aldermen called the most difficult of their political careers. (Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media, via AP) CHICAGO TRIBUNE OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES **FILE**
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• Minimum Wage Help Wanted Sign Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Colorado state Sen. Irene Aguilar (right), a Democrat and a physician, helps deliver more than 156,000 signatures to put a health care question on next year's general election ballot. ColoradoCareYES wants to start the nation's first universal health care plan. (Associated press)
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A man urges people to vote against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance outside an early voting center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. The contested ordinance is a broad measure that would consolidate existing bans on discrimination tied to race, sex, religion and other categories in employment, housing and public accommodations, and extend such protections to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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Supporters of the Affordable Care Act hold up signs as the opinion for health care is reported outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington on Oct. 6, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Employees work at at the assembly line for the Golf VII at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015. (Julian Stratenschulte/Pool Photo via AP)
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A perfect 10 for 2010 was Brooklyn Decker.
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An analysis by The Wall Street Journal found that if Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders is elected president in 2016 and gets all of his wishes for free college and health care and more social programs, the costs would be in the trillions. (Associated Press)
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The HealthCare.gov website is busier than ever, the Health and Human Services Department reports. (Associated Press/File)
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An inmate sits in a cell at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif., on July 24, 2014. The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians union says that employees at the facility were instructed to routinely falsify suicide watch records, endangering inmates and violating standards imposed in response to federal court orders. The union claims inadequate staffing is prompting shortcuts that circumvent requirements meant to protect inmates. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The Obama administration says it expects only slight coverage gains next year for the health care law’s online insurance markets. It’s getting harder to sign up the uninsured. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a target of 10 million people enrolled and paying their premiums by the end of 2016. This year’s goal was 9.1 million paying customers, and the administration has said it’s on track to meet that. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Afghan employees of a Doctors Without Borders hospital move debris of its damaged gate in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Najim Rahim)
