Nicole Duran

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"You had fiscal showdowns and government shutdowns and pandemics and oil spills and pirates. Y'all remember the pirates?" said President Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama talks aliens, asteriods at Hispanic dinner

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2016 12:59 am

The Marine Corps said, a Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and enlisted leaders. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo)

National Security

Marines taking hazing allegations seriously, White House says

Nicole Duran · September 15, 2016 7:40 pm

White House slams Cheney for politicizing 9/11

National Security

White House slams Cheney for politicizing 9/11

Nicole Duran · September 15, 2016 6:58 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that President Obama is continuing to receive briefings from his national security advisers on the Chelsea, N.Y., bombing investigation as it develops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Up to FBI to release data on financial probes

Nicole Duran · September 15, 2016 6:18 pm

President Obama said he —œcarefully considered—£ the 1974 Trade Act’s criteria before informing Congress of his intentions to remove the trade sanction in place on Burma since 1989. (AP Photo)

Obama lifts trade sanction against Burma

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2016 4:50 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Clive, Iowa. A war of words over Donald Trump's "deplorables" is intensifying as Republicans and Democrats fight to score political points over Hillary Clinton's charge that millions of the New York billionaire's supporters are racist, sexist and homophobic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dem financier: Trump’s companies good for a short sale

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2016 1:27 am

"I don't think a party traditionally has a monopoly on what's right," said President Obama. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

Obama: I’m not someone who ‘bleeds Democrat’

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2016 12:23 am

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left front, listens next to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as President Barack Obama speaks next to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, of Nevada, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, congressional leaders play nice but no deals yet

Nicole Duran · September 12, 2016 10:40 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that half of Donald Trump's supporters are a "basket of deplorables." She later walked the comment back. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House won’t touch Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ comment

Nicole Duran · September 12, 2016 6:37 pm

White House won’t wade into Clinton health crisis

White House won’t wade into Clinton health crisis

Nicole Duran · September 12, 2016 5:58 pm

President Obama condemned North Korea's nuclear test Friday, calling it a "grave" threat to global security. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Obama condemns North Korea’s nuclear test

Nicole Duran · September 9, 2016 2:11 pm

President Obama said he will push to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and confirmed that his plan is to empty it as much as possible. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

Obama’s Gitmo strategy: Drain it, then argue costs exceed benefits

Nicole Duran · September 8, 2016 12:38 pm