The president said he will use his final two years to forge compromises with newly empowered congressional Republicans.
The administration is requesting more than $4.5 billion for immediate response and $1.5 billion for a contingency fund.
Despite an awareness of overreach, he has made only minimal progress on his agenda and drawn fire from his party as the GOP is poised for midterm gains.
In another bid to win over geeks, the White House has launched its first 3D-printed holiday ornament challenge.
The president defends his administration’s policy, calls medical personnel fighting the virus ‘heroes’
3 of Obama’s top advisers live in one of the most liberal communities in the nation — Takoma Park, Md.
The president did not explicitly criticize governors for imposing quarantines on health workers returning from Ebola-stricken countries but said that the U.S. should not “react based on our fears.”
The president did not explicitly criticize governors for their quarantine rules, but said the U.S. should not “discourage our health care workers from going to the front lines.”
Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told the president this week he should take her name out of consideration for the post of attorney general.
The federal government is considering altering protocols for doctors and health-care workers who return to the U.S. from West Africa, the New York governor said.
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