Nicole Duran

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"It's one of the smartest investments we can make in our shared future," Obama said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama says international aid is not ‘charity’

Nicole Duran · July 20, 2016 8:35 pm

Earnest said Biden was within his rights to make such a comment during an official trip. (AP Photo/Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald)

Biden right to criticize Trump abroad, White House says

Nicole Duran · July 20, 2016 8:24 pm

Earnest was referencing Christie's bridge scandal that saw several Christie aides quit or reprimanded. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

White House: We’re more ethical than Christie

Nicole Duran · July 20, 2016 6:57 pm

"I think one thing it does do is it exposes the hazards of bluntly answering questions that are posed by journalists, a hazard that I'm intimately familiar with," Josh Earnest quipped. (AP Photo)

White House downplays HUD chief’s Hatch Act violation

Nicole Duran · July 19, 2016 8:27 pm

A White House spokesman said the Turkish government sent materials about the status of the Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. (AP Photo/Chris Post)

U.S. may face decision on extraditing cleric to Turkey after coup

Nicole Duran · July 19, 2016 6:42 pm

Earnest can’t say why WH won’t be lit in blue to honor cops

National Security

Earnest can’t say why WH won’t be lit in blue to honor cops

Nicole Duran · July 18, 2016 6:49 pm

President Obama presents the Medal of Honor to retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles of Michigan. Kettles is credited with saving the lives of 40 soldiers and four of his own crew members. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

‘A creed for all of us’: Obama awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam hero

Nicole Duran · July 18, 2016 4:13 pm

Islamic State rally.

National Security

Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS

Nicole Duran · July 16, 2016 4:01 am

The bulk of the additional force was already standing by in neighboring Djibouti. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)

National Security

Another 150 U.S. troops sent to South Sudan

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2016 9:37 pm

President Obama called the terrorist attack in Nice, France, a "sickening act" as he addressed a group of foreign diplomats at the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama says Gingrich deportation idea ‘repugnant’

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2016 7:16 pm

Milwaukee police chief begs for tougher gun laws

Milwaukee police chief begs for tougher gun laws

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2016 3:06 am

Obama annoyed with Texas Lt. Gov. at race discussion

National Security

Obama annoyed with Texas Lt. Gov. at race discussion

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2016 12:31 am