Sep 18 President Obama says no to ground troops -- again By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Obama reiterates there will be no U.S. ground troops fighting Islamic State group Poroshenko makes the rounds in D.C. Biden veers off course on Iowa trip House approves plan to arm Syrian opposition; Senate… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Is Obama right to rule out U.S. ground combat against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Obama stresses U.S. forces in Iraq will advise, not join combat By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 16 The U.S. takes 'command and control' of Ebola epidemic By Sarah McHaney President Obama will announce today a surge of U.S. support including hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of military personnel to countries in West Africa suffering from the Ebola epidemic. The effort is a response to the World Health… Continue reading
Sep 16 Hagel, Dempsey defend Obama's plan to target Islamic State extremists By Donna Cassata, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military leader told Congress on Tuesday that if President Barack Obama’s expanded military campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails, he would recommend that the United States consider deploying American ground forces to Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 16 Morning Line's mid-September top 10 Senate races By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford Poll after poll finds Republicans more interested and engaged in this election than Democrats, and that means those post-Labor Day polls, using narrower screens of who’s most likely to vote, are giving the GOP an even bigger boost than they… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Dozens of nations pledge to fight Islamic State 'by any means necessary' By PBS News Hour Representatives from more than two dozen countries met in Paris to strategize against Islamic State extremists, who have taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. France has begun reconnaissance flights to set up its own airstrikes in Iraq, but… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch News Wrap: Shipwrecks off Malta and Libya kill more than 700 migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more than 700 immigrants hoping to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East were killed in two shipwrecks last week. The death toll reportedly equals all migrant deaths for the entire year of 2013. Continue watching
Sep 15 Thousands risk losing aid for health care premiums By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Thousands of consumers risk losing financial aid for health care premiums under President Barack Obama's law unless they clear up lingering questions about their incomes, administration officials said Monday. Continue reading
Sep 15 She's 'baack' -- Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa By Domenico Montanaro Today in the Morning Line: Hillary Clinton back in Iowa for the first time since 2008 loss Republicans pressure Obama to do more The politics of war What does Congress do? She's 'baaack': Hillary Clinton returned to Iowa for the… Continue reading