Sep 30 Secret Service director in the hot seat By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies Tuesday at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at 10 a.m. EDT. She will face questioning over the agency’s handling of a Sept. 19 White House fence jumper. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch How the U.S. missed warning signs about the Islamic State By PBS News Hour President Obama acknowledged that the intelligence community underestimated the force of the Islamic State militants and overestimated the will of Iraq’s military. Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute joins Judy Woodruff to offer his perspective on what the intelligence… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Failures of White House security raises concern about Secret Service complacency - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch News Wrap: Kabul suicide attack darkens Afghan presidential inauguration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Secret Service under scrutiny for White House security breach - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 White House intruder made it farther inside than previously revealed By Justin Scuiletti Omar Gonzalez, the man that jumped the White House fence and made it into the front door of the executive mansion, was able to go deeper inside the building than was previously believed, the Washington Post reports. Continue reading
Sep 29 Obama blames bad intel for underestimating Islamic State group By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe President Obama told CBS’ 60 Minutes that the intelligence community “underestimated what had been taking place in Syria” with the Islamic State group and that the U.S. overestimated the Iraqi army’s capabilities. Meanwhile, an NBC/WSJ/Annenberg poll out over the weekend… Continue reading
Sep 28 Obama says mistrust of police corroding America By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The widespread mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Missouri exists in too many other communities and is having a corrosive effect on the nation, particularly on its children,… Continue reading
Sep 28 Obama: US misjudged threat of Islamic State militants By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Barack Obama said in an interview airing Sunday that he agrees with intelligence leaders who believe the United States not only underestimated the threat of militants seeking to form the Islamic State group but also overestimated the ability and… Continue reading
Sep 26 Obama may nominate next attorney general this fall, White House suggests By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Could the White House be hinting at when President Barack Obama might nominate a new attorney general?… Continue reading