Aug 02 Watch 3:14 Obama: Donald Trump ‘is unfit to serve as president’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Obama renews case for TPP; more DNC resignations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama renewed his case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal both presidential candidates have disavowed. Also, the Associated Press reports that the Democratic National Committee’s chief executive has resigned and that other staff… Continue watching
Aug 02 Obama: Libya airstrikes critical to U.S. security By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Libya continued for a second day Tuesday, as President Barack Obama called the new bombing campaign critical to protecting U.S. national security interests. Continue reading
Aug 02 Obama challenges GOP to drop support for Trump By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party's nominee, declaring "There has… Continue reading
Aug 02 Obama and Singapore’s prime minister tout TPP trade pact By Matthew Pennington and Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama found common cause with the leader of Singapore in the face of growing political headwinds against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, warning that to "pull up a drawbridge" on trade would only hurt the United States and… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 5:03 The most memorable moments from the Cleveland and Philly conventions By PBS News Hour The chants, the jabs, the sound bites and everything in between: we take a look back at some of the highlights from the Democratic and Republican conventions these past two weeks. Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 2:47 It’s Hillary Clinton’s big night as she formally accepts Dem presidential nomination By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 28 Column: After soaring convention speeches, can Clinton connect with ordinary people? By Ron Elving, NPR When President Obama was joined on stage by the woman who wants to succeed him, you could feel the love welling up from the delegates and you could sense the doubt hanging over them — an invisible cloud casting a… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 4:22 Barack Obama gives Hillary Clinton presidential seal of approval By PBS News Hour On Day 3 of the DNC, President Barack Obama urges the nation to make Hillary Clinton his successor. Vice President Joe Biden and veep pick Tim Kaine also take the stage. Meanwhile, GOP nominee Donald Trump denied Russia hacked into… Continue watching
Jul 26 Convention delegates want to know if Clinton would mirror Obama on K-12 By Alyson Klein, Education Week Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, loves to tell voters that her administration would pick up the policy baton from President Barack Obama. But, with the Democratic National Convention under way this week, it's tough to say how true… Continue reading