but she canceled the visit after revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the U.S. intelligence agency had spied on foreign leaders.

Hollande said that he and Obama touched on the spying issue and "mutual trust has been restored."

Obama also announced he would travel to France in June to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day. He attended the 65th anniversary in Normandy, just months after he took office.

On the domestic front, Obama said he decided to give mid-size employers additional time to comply with his signature health care law because the goal is not to punish anyone. The White House announced

"For many of these companies, just the process of complying ... it may take them some time even if they are operating in good faith," Obamathat the NSA began placing malware in North Korean systems in 2010.

Several treatment centers built by U.S. troops and meant to receive Ebola patients are sitting empty or nearly empty in the West African country of Liberia, according to a published report.

The Washington Post reports that the worst of the deadly outbreak appeared to have passed before the first treatment centers were even completed. A Liberian government official tells the Post that the centers were built "too late."

In the outrage spot, it's hard to narrow things down to one source. The New York Post and Sky News both get "Click for more from ..." links at the bottom; the Post tweaks Miss Israel's spelling of "neighbourly" to conform with US style, but Fox uses the spelling on Sky