Nicole Duran

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Obama: It’s ‘not possible to know’ how long troops will be deployed against ISIS

Obama: It’s ‘not possible to know’ how long troops will be deployed against ISIS

Nicole Duran · June 11, 2015 11:44 pm

A U.S. soldier, second right, helps Iraqi security forces improve shooting skills in a military exercise as U.S. forces train them in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Obama escalates U.S. involvement in Islamic State fight

Tara Copp, Nicole Duran · June 10, 2015 7:50 pm

Vice President Joe Biden returned to work Wednesday for the first time since his eldest son, Beau, died May 30 of brain cancer. (AP Photo)

Biden back on the job

Nicole Duran · June 10, 2015 6:29 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers a question in the press area of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House: OPM hackers’ identity may never be known

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2015 8:49 pm

A Secret Service police officer walks in the press area of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, during an evacuation of parts of the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Reporters evacuated from White House after bomb threat

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2015 6:55 pm

Iraqi PM sidelined at G-7

Iraqi PM sidelined at G-7

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 7:39 pm

President Obama argued Monday that the Supreme Court case on the legality of Obamacare subsidies is a no-brainer, and said it's a case the high court probably shouldn't have been bothered with. (AP Photo)

Obama slams Obamacare case as ‘twisted interpretation of four words’

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 5:57 pm

Obama: Russia in recession because of Ukraine sanctions

Obama: Russia in recession because of Ukraine sanctions

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 2:53 pm

Cargo cranes unload ships at a port. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

Pro-trade Dems say Pacific pact is a chance at NAFTA ‘do-over’

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a meeting of the G-7 leaders on March 24, 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands. the next G-7 meeting is this weekend in Germany (Photo by Jerry Lampen - Pool/Getty Images)

G-7 expected to disappoint on Russia

Nicole Duran · June 6, 2015 4:01 am

There is "still a lot of work that needs to be done to get to the bottom of this incident," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

White House won’t confirm China’s role in massive data theft

Nicole Duran · June 5, 2015 6:36 pm

Group of 7 leaders from right clockwise, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and British Prime Minister David Cameron a G-7 summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo)

G-7 to huddle on Russia sanctions

Nicole Duran · June 5, 2015 4:01 am