Josh Lederman

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White House backs use of body cameras by police

Josh Lederman · September 16, 2014 1:49 am

FILE - This Dec. 24, 2013, file photo photo shows one possible location in the Kakaako district of Honolulu to be considered for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. The location is considered prime real estate with views of the ocean and Koolau mountains. Chicago, New York and Honolulu are on the short list to host President Barack Obama's future presidential library. The Barack Obama Foundation says four of the 13 applications submitted earlier this year made the cut. New York's Columbia University and the University of Hawaii are being invited to submit more formal proposals to host the library. So are two Illinois schools: the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Chicago, NY, Hawaii on Obama library’s short list

Josh Lederman · September 15, 2014 9:32 pm

National Security

Decades later, Vietnam soldiers get Medal of Honor

Josh Lederman · September 15, 2014 7:42 pm

Obama to visit Atlanta health center to talk Ebola

Josh Lederman · September 12, 2014 6:06 pm

Biden: Domestic violence a stain on US character

Josh Lederman · September 9, 2014 7:51 pm

Obama decries domestic violence after Rice cut

Josh Lederman · September 9, 2014 1:15 am

Politics trump promises on immigration

Josh Lederman · September 8, 2014 8:38 am

Politics trump promises on immigration

Josh Lederman · September 7, 2014 6:54 pm

Obama crafts legal rationale for immigration steps

Josh Lederman · August 27, 2014 11:11 pm

FILE - This Aug. 18, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington. Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth control for female employees while still ensuring those employees have access to contraception. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New Obama birth control fixes for religious groups

Josh Lederman · August 22, 2014 10:53 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

As protests rage, Obama struggles to find his role

Josh Lederman · August 19, 2014 5:22 pm

Vice President Joe Biden ceremonially swears in Julian Castro, left, as the new Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Castro's wife Erica Castro, holds the bible as his daughter, Carina Castro, center bottom, listens. Castro was officially sworn in on July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden welcomes Castro amid 2016 VP chatter

Josh Lederman · August 18, 2014 7:19 pm