Jul 09 Politics sets backdrop for President Obama, Perry meeting By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: President Obama, Texas governor to meet about border Where does Mr. Obama's immigration ask go in Congress? Mississippi Senate fallout gets messy with allegations of criminal corruption and vitriolic name-calling For RNC, Cleveland Rocks,… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Sen. Flake: Obama's proposal would allow migrant children to 'disappear into the population' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 08 How Obama would use $3.7 billion on border crisis By Domenico Montanaro President Barack Obama asked Congress Tuesday for $3.7 billion to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors at the Southern U.S. border. Continue reading
Jul 08 Cleveland tops Dallas in bid to host RNC in 2016 By Philip Elliott, Steve Peoples, Associated Press Cleveland won the backing of a Republican National Committee panel on Tuesday, all but guaranteeing the GOP's next presidential pick will accept the party's nomination there in 2016. Continue reading
Jul 08 Obama seeks $3.7 billion to deal with border kids By Jim Kuhnhenn and Erica Werner, Associated Press President Barack Obama is preparing to ask Congress for emergency spending of more than $2 billion to deal with the crisis of unaccompanied kids at the Southern border, but for now he won't seek legal changes to send the children… Continue reading
Jul 08 President Obama hits the road to tout economy, raise money By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: President Obama embarks on three-day trip The president's conflicting messages on border crisis 2014 watch: Braley's "farmer" comment & new Pryor, Grimes ads RNC set to name 2016 convention site Economy, fundraising are focus of… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Afghan election commission to audit polling stations for fraud after releasing preliminary results By PBS News Hour Afghanistan’s National Election Commission announced that former finance minister Ashraf Ghani is leading former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in the preliminary results of the presidential run-off elections. The commission acknowledged there had been fraud, and announced it will audit nearly… Continue watching
Jul 07 Senate Democrats sidestep 'Obamacare' on the campaign trail By Charles Babington, Associated Press For Republicans, the Senate race is all about tying Democrats to Obama — especially to a health care law that remains unpopular with many Americans. And for Democrats, the election is about just about anything else, especially if they can… Continue reading
Jul 07 Kids at the border turning into political crisis for Obama administration By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Continued disagreement over what's drawing unaccompanied minors and what to do about them After blows at Supreme Court, White House weighs contraception options Airstrikes in Iraq, and the amazing return of Chalabi in Iraq… Continue reading
Jul 06 Democrats up for election try to steer attention away from Washington By Charles Babington, Associated Press For Republicans, it's all about tying Democrats to Obama - especially to a health care law that remains unpopular with many Americans. And for Democrats, the election is about just about anything else. Continue reading