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
Jul 11 On Dallas trip, Obama will try to make sense of shootings By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, the decision to return early from an overseas trip after a series of shocking shootings will prove to be easy compared to his next challenge: Comforting an America rattled by the violence. Continue reading
Jul 10 Obama calls for greater respect, understanding in U.S. By Darlene Superville and Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press President Barack Obama called Sunday for greater tolerance, respect and understanding from police officers toward the people they take an oath to protect as well as from individuals who think the police are too heavy handed and intolerant, particularly toward… Continue reading
Jul 09 Obama: 'America is not as divided as some have suggested' By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Saturday rejected the notion that this week's stunning violence is a signal that the U.S. has returned to some of the darkest days of its past. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:37 Dallas, rattled by police murders, had made strides in community policing By PBS News Hour More emerged Friday about Micah Johnson, the Army reservist believed to be behind the sniper slayings of five Dallas police officers in a city that was, by all accounts, making strides in cop/community relations. Until this week’s tragedy, the Dallas… Continue watching
Jul 08 Obama 'horrified' over Dallas sniper shooting at protests By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press "There's no possible justification for these kinds of attacks," President Obama said from Warsaw, Poland. Continue reading
Jul 07 Obama: Police shootings should trouble all Americans By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Obama says when incidents like this occur, many Americans feel it's because they're not being treated the same. He says, "That hurts."… Continue reading