President Barack Obama took questions from members of the press on Friday afternoon, touching on potential efforts by Republicans to allow the government to shut down in order to defund ObamaCare. CNN's Jessica Yellin asked whether or not the president would allow such a shutdown in order to ensure his healthcare law kept its funding.
The IRS scandal that's blown up the news media over the past week is now spurring conversations about how the tarnished tax agency will enforce Obamacare. Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson reacted on Your World, calling out both the Obama administration and lawmakers, saying, "Unfortunately, we don't seem to be learning from our mistakes."