Sep 21 Army: White House fence jumper is decorated veteran By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The man accused of getting inside the White House after scaling a fence is a veteran who was awarded a medal for his service in Iraq and retired due to disability, the Army said Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 19 White House fence jumper prompts Secret Service scrutiny By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left the… Continue reading
Sep 18 White House orders government plan to combat antibiotic resistance By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Signaling the seriousness of the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant germs, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the government to create a national plan to fight them by early 2015. Continue reading
Sep 14 White House still seeking coalition to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria By Charles Babington, Lara Jakes, Associated Press The White House said Sunday it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Susan Rice on arming Syrian rebels, keeping U.S. combat forces out of the fight against Islamic State By PBS News Hour National Security Advisor Susan Rice joins Gwen Ifill to discuss what’s at stake in the fight against Islamic militants, the potential for arming the moderate Syrian opposition and why the administration doesn’t want to put boots on the ground in… Continue watching
Sep 10 Obama's airstrike plan met with support and skepticism from the Hill By Domenico Montanaro, Ruth Tam Reaction to the prime-time address Wednesday night ranged from support to skepticism to questions of a lack of specifics for fighting the Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Obama expected to expand Islamic State offensive into Syria By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Previewing Obama's Islamic State address By PBS News Hour President Obama will address the nation with his plan to dismantle the Islamic State group. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff sit down with chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner and political editor Domenico Montanaro to discuss what we should expect to… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch News Wrap: Russia tests new intercontinental missile By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Russian Navy test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can hold 10 nuclear warheads. Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told his cabinet that the majority of Russian forces have left eastern Ukraine. Also, monsoon… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Obama expected to expand Islamic State offensive into Syria By PBS News Hour President Obama spent the last hours before his prime-time national address to rally congressional and overseas support for his plan against the Islamic State. The president is expected to lay out an expanded air campaign in Iraq and to add… Continue watching