Nicole Duran

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The White House says it's not certain that President Obama would sign a budget bill unveiled by the Senate's top Republican. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama not ready to sign GOP’s spending bill

Nicole Duran · September 23, 2016 6:51 pm

The White House indicated it would prefer that police in Charlotte release the tape showing the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

White House indicates support for releasing Charlotte police video

Nicole Duran · September 23, 2016 6:20 pm

"It doesn't withstand scrutiny," President Obama's spokesman Josh Earnest said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: Transferring Internet control is limited government

Nicole Duran · September 22, 2016 7:23 pm

Obama honored 12 Medal of Arts and 12 National Humanities Medal recipients for 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Where’s Morgan Freeman?

Nicole Duran · September 22, 2016 5:33 pm

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu play up the "unbreakable" bond between U.S. and Israel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Netanyahu play up ‘unbreakable’ bond between U.S., Israel

Nicole Duran · September 21, 2016 7:28 pm

President Obama speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama looks to increase trade with Africa

Nicole Duran · September 21, 2016 5:08 pm

The doomed convoy was traveling near the besieged city of Aleppo, previously Syria's most populous city. (Aleppo 24 news via AP)

National Security

U.S. concludes Russia bombed Syrian aid convoy

Nicole Duran · September 20, 2016 8:39 pm

In March, the global community slapped the strictest sanctions on North Korea to date, which did not stop Kim Jong-un from conducting his second nuclear test Sept. 9. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Only China can stop North Korea, no matter who wins the White House

Nicole Duran · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on D.C.: "I don't recognize this town much anymore because now it's become so much about politics." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kasich on D.C.: ‘I don’t recognize this town’

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2016 5:48 pm

"I'm here for TPP ... Not talking about where someone was born," Ohio governor says. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Kasich annoyed by ‘birther’ questions

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2016 4:49 pm

Obama dismisses birther talk, wants ‘more serious’ campaign

Obama dismisses birther talk, wants ‘more serious’ campaign

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2016 3:18 pm

President Obama is meeting with Ohio Gov. and former GOP president candidate John Kasich and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other leaders at the White House Friday to discuss the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP Photos)

Obama to meet with Kasich, Bloomberg to boost TPP

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2016 1:16 am