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In this image released by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

Possibility of genocide moved Obama to act in Iraq

Josh Lederman · August 9, 2014 8:10 am

In this image released by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

National Security

How Obama decided on airstrikes in Iraq

Josh Lederman · August 8, 2014 11:57 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

US: Russia impeding own people’s access to food

Josh Lederman · August 7, 2014 6:55 pm

FILE - This June 23, 2014 file photo shows a temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The government said Monday it will soon close three emergency shelters it established at U.S. military bases to temporarily house children caught crossing the Mexican border alone. It said fewer children were being caught and other shelters will be adequate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Biden on minors at border: ‘These are our kids’

Josh Lederman · August 6, 2014 8:55 pm

President Barack Obama participates in a discussion with Takunda Ralph Michael Chingonzo of Zimbabwe, co-founder of a start-up working to bring free Internet access to the public, at the US Africa Business Forum during the US Africa Leaders Summit, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. African heads of state are gathering in Washington for an unprecedented summit to promote business development. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama seeks executive ways to limit tax inversions

Josh Lederman · August 5, 2014 11:11 pm

This Aug. 1, 2014, photo shows President Barack Obama as he smiles near the conclusion of a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. President Barack Obama is starting his birthday weekend with a round of golf before escaping to the Maryland mountains. Obama turns 53 on Monday. In what's become an annual birthday tradition, he's joining friends on the green for an early morning round at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland. He'll board Marine One later Saturday for the short helicopter flight to Camp David, the presidential retreat in the Catoctin Mountains. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama kicks off birthday weekend golfing with pals

Josh Lederman · August 2, 2014 8:22 pm

Obama: Everyone can learn from Special Olympics

Josh Lederman · August 1, 2014 12:36 am

Obama order presses contractors to obey labor laws

Josh Lederman · July 31, 2014 7:39 pm

Obama order to expand labor rights for contractors

Josh Lederman · July 30, 2014 11:52 pm

President Barack Obama bestows former Army Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts with the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington. Pitts is the ninth living recipient of the nation's highest decoration for battlefield valor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Afghan vet who fought wounded gets Medal of Honor

Josh Lederman · July 21, 2014 9:36 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about the Israel Palestinian conflict and escalating sanctions against Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: US using all means to get Israel cease-fire

Josh Lederman · July 17, 2014 12:31 am

President Barack Obama attends a meeting with state, local, and tribal leaders, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, where he spoke about a series of new actions being taken to support communities facing climate change. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Climate change a direct threat to US cities

Josh Lederman · July 16, 2014 7:02 pm