Obama to hold year-end news conference before Hawaii getaway

President Barack Obama will travel to San Bernardino on Friday to meet privately with families of victims of the terror attack that killed 14 people earlier this month, the White House announced Wednesday. Fourteen individuals have been killed within the December 2 capturing, which Obama says was an act of terrorism.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his Pakistani-born wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, had been radicalise for some time before opening fire on Farook’s co-workers.

Johnson said the agency is stepping up its monitoring of social media sites to check for possible indications of support for terrorist attacks before allowing immigrants to enter the United States.

President Obama delivers a statement on Libya in the East Room of the White House.

Obama is visiting San Bernardino en route to Hawaii for his Christmas vacation, reports New York Daily News.

Obama visited the Pentagon on Monday, where he convened a high-profile meeting of his National Security Council to review his administration’s anti-ISIS strategy and further explain it to Americans.

Obama will seek to put the finishing touches on legacy items like his plan to curb U.S. carbon emissions and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while trying to made headway on criminal justice reforms, the officials told reporters on Thursday. The White House is considering acting to expand gun background checks without congressional approval. She said the recommendations will include measures to expand background checks.