The meeting came a week after a U.S. Army veteran attacked police officers in Dallas last week during a Black Lives Matter protest highlighting the recent high-profile killings by police of black men.
Obama is expected to both mourn the loss of five police officers and attempt to address concerns of a growing racial divide in the U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said weapons and military equipment exports had reached $4.6 billion in 2016.
At a United Nations meeting, the two countries looked to handle high levels of asylum seekers.
Washington will also reportedly deploy about 200 additional troops, mostly in advisory positions, to aid in the fight against ISIS.
Sources said the campaign was vetting retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, a registered Democrat, despite Republicans wanting Trump to pick a governor or senator.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated the military alliance’s commitment to stabilizing Afghanistan amid a worsening security situation.
Micah X. Johnson was identified as one of the suspects in a shooting that left five police officers dead.
At NATO’s summit Friday, the alliance is expected to formally agree to the deployment of multinational battalions to Baltic states and Poland to counter Russian aggression.
Snipers killed five police officers and wounded six during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas Thursday night.
NATO officials are expected to approve the deployment of four battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as they nervously watch Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent actions.
About 8,400 American troops will now remain in the strife-torn country until the end of Obama’s term — much higher than the initial target of 5,500.
Trump raised $51 million in June. That's a massive increase over May, but still far behind Hillary Clinton in 2016 and the 2012 candidates.
Sanders, who opposes global trade deals and backs Wall Street reform and free higher education, has said he wants to keep fighting for change.
The comments, made at a rally in North Carolina Tuesday, were immediately condemned by Hillary Clinton's campaign, which criticized Trump's "twisted" history lessons.
President Barack Obama sings "Happy Birthday" to his daughter Malia during the Fourth of July celebration at the White House.
Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has dropped to single digits in the last two months.
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to make his first campaign stop alongside presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday.
The estimates are from the day Obama took office in January 2009 through Dec. 31, 2015, and have been criticized for being highly understated.
Republicans introduced a measure intended to prevent gun sales to people on government watch lists, only to draw demands from Democrats for stronger proposals.
Confronted by criticism in a U.S.-backed report, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli settlements are not an obstacle to Mideast peace.
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla told reporters on Friday that overall the U.S. commonwealth territory will not pay $911 million worth of its obligations.
