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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the age of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare should be pushed back for future retirees. And he wants to cut off benefits in the future for retirees with annual incomes of $200,000 or more. In a speech in New Hampshire, the potential GOP presidential candidate outlined an approach that he said would confront the nation's "biggest challenges in an honest way." He says his plan would cut deficits by $1 trillion over a decade.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — On her first day of campaigning for the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton is sticking to her strategy to hold small-scale events that allow her to speak to individual voters. She's holding a roundtable discussion with students and teachers at a community college in Iowa. And this morning, she chatted with customers at a coffee house in the town of LeClaire.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Iraq's prime minister didn't make any specific request for additional military help in the fight against Islamic State militants, as he met today at the White House with President Barack Obama. Obama expressed support for that effort, but made it clear that ultimately, Baghdad must be in charge of its own destiny. He pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid to help those Iraqis who've been displaced by the Islamic State group.
BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 28 people have been killed today in a wave of attacks in and around Baghdad. Also today, an official in a northern Iraqi province said militants had used suicide car bombs to try to break into the country's largest oil refinery over the past two days. He says Iraqi security forces repelled the attacks, and remain in control of the facility. According to the deputy governor of the province, more than 20 militants were killed during the clashes.
DETROIT (AP) — Nearly two years after agreeing to recall more than one and a-half million older Jeeps that could catch fire in rear-end crashes, Fiat Chrysler U.S. has repaired only 4 percent of the Grand Cherokees and 27 percent of the Libertys covered by the recall. That's according to a letter from Chrysler posted today by U.S. safety regulators. It could set up another confrontation between those regulators and the company. Chrysler makes Jeeps and agreed in June 2013 to install trailer hitches to help protect the gas tanks, which are behind the rear axle and vulnerable in a crash.
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