Jan 01 Jeb Bush resigns from board memberships, clearing path for White House run By Ruth Tam Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has resigned from all nonprofit and business board memberships to clear the pathway to the White House. Continue reading
Dec 28 What will Obama's final two years as president bring? By Julie Pace, Nancy Benac, Associated Press The Yes-We-Can man is entering a twilight of maybes, his presidency still driven by high ambitions but his power to achieve them running out. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 3:23 Obama closes 2014 with remarks on Cuba, North Korea By PBS News Hour In a year-end news conference, President Obama discussed reestablishing ties with Cuba, the North Korean cyber-attack against Sony Pictures and race relations in America. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch How should the U.S. government respond to North Korea's attack on Sony? By PBS News Hour President Obama told the White House Press Corps that Sony was wrong to withdraw its film, “The Interview,” and that the U.S. would react “proportionally” to the damaging cyber-attack by North Korea. Judy Woodruff turns to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:17 Celebration and criticism for U.S. policy shift on Cuba - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 6:27 Does Sony's kibosh on 'The Interview' set a bad precedent? - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:18 White House, Hollywood respond to 'Interview' controversy - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Panel suggests major changes at the Secret Service By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is an "insular" agency that needs a new director hired from the outside, according to former government officials tasked with examining the embattled agency after a man with a knife stormed the White House. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 8:38 What does Jeb Bush's campaign curiosity mean for other possible candidates? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 29 Hagel's exit and the uneasy White House-Pentagon relationship By Robert Burns and Julie Pace, The Associated Press The president's third Pentagon chief, Chuck Hagel, was picked partly because he was thought to be more deferential to Obama's close circle of White House advisers. But over time, Hagel also grew frustrated with what he saw as the West… Continue reading