Jul 19 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: 'We have your backs,' says Obama in open letter to cops By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama penned an open letter to law enforcement officers condemning attacks on police. Also, airstrikes aimed at Islamic State forces in northern Syria killed at least 56, according to opposition activists. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: Top ranking officer in Freddie Gray death acquitted, Nice death truck driver 'recently radicalized' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 17 Obama condemns attack on Baton Rouge officers By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The attacks on public servants and the rule of law "have to stop," President Barack Obama said Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 16 8 years after 'hope and change,' voters are angry, anxious By Julie Pace, Associated Press Less than four months before Election Day, a sense of anger and anxiety runs deep with voters across the country. Continue reading
Jul 13 Obama deploys 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan amid heavy fighting By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he's deployed 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan amid a worrisome outbreak of fighting there. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:23 'The shock of this evil has still not faded': Dallas mourns attack on police By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Video: Obama honors 5 Dallas officers shot by man out for revenge By Darlene Superville, Associated Press DALLAS — At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose "the deepest fault lines of our democracy." But he insisted the nation is not as… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 4:37 Police violence protests intensify as Dallas mourns officers By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama will be in Dallas Tuesday for an interfaith service to mourn the five police officers cut down in last week’s sniper ambush. The killings have done little to muffle growing national protests against police violence as rallies,… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 5:24 NATO reacts to Russia's aggressive moves in Eastern Europe By PBS News Hour Russia’s game-changing moves in the Ukraine and new aggressive posture against NATO were the focus of a NewsHour series last week looking at the fault lines between Moscow and the West. Over the weekend, President Barack Obama and other leaders… Continue watching
Jul 11 Obama calls on lawmakers to revisit public option on health care By Josh Lederman and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government. Continue reading