Nicole Duran

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"This is something that all of us are going to have to tackle, and maybe I get a little more of a hearing if I’m not occupying a political office," he said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama will fight for environment post-presidency

Nicole Duran · September 2, 2016 3:07 pm

Vice President Joe Biden said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is to blame for Ohio's fiscal woes. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Biden faults Portman for Ohio’s fiscal woes

Nicole Duran · September 2, 2016 12:18 am

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that 500 metric tons of chemical weapons and their precursor ingredients were destroyed. (AP Photo/David Sperry)

National Security

Libya destroys remaining chemical weapons

Nicole Duran · September 2, 2016 12:13 am

"The Trump world is already making us less safe," Biden told an audience of union workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden calls Trump ‘irresponsible’

Nicole Duran · September 1, 2016 11:58 pm

President Obama has already deported 2.5 million illegal immigrants, more than all of his predecessors combined. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Latinos pushing Obama to end deportations

Nicole Duran · September 1, 2016 1:00 pm

President will guest edit the technology publication's November issue. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama goes techie with Wired magazine

Nicole Duran · August 30, 2016 11:00 pm

Earnest noted that EU spokesman is also confident that Brussels and D.C can meet their "ambitious" deadline. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama still hopeful he can finish EU trade deal by January

Nicole Duran · August 30, 2016 4:52 pm

"The vast majority of people all across the country will have access to a plan that costs $75 a month or less, and these are plans that are quality plans," Josh Earnest maintained. (AP Photo)

White House insists everything is OK with Obamacare

Nicole Duran · August 29, 2016 8:15 pm

"I'll be straight with you, August isn't shaping up to be our best month in terms of fundraising," Hillary Clinton's campaign manager wrote Monday morning. (AP Photo)

Clinton warns: Trump could raise more money in August

Nicole Duran · August 29, 2016 2:46 pm

Hollywood legend Robert Redford has lent his name to Russ Feingold's effort to recapture the Wisconsin Senate seat he lost six years ago. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Robert Redford makes pitch for Russ Feingold

Nicole Duran · August 29, 2016 1:49 pm

The Obama administration insisted Friday that it has not and will not establish no-fly or "safe" zones over Syrian airspace, even though the Pentagon sternly warned Syria against flying in certain areas. (Ismail Coskun, IHA via AP)

National Security

White House insists: No ‘no-fly zones’ in Syria

Nicole Duran · August 26, 2016 6:21 pm

Josh Earnest was responding to an allegation leveled by Kayla Mueller's father that President Obama did not do enough to rescue his daughter. (AP Photo)

White House says U.S. is getting better at rescuing hostages

Nicole Duran · August 26, 2016 5:45 pm