Nicole Duran

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In a much-anticipated report on civilian causalities, and the first of its kind, the director of national intelligence stated there were 473 drone strikes targeting terrorists in that timeframe. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. says as many as 116 civilians killed in drone strikes over seven years

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2016 6:00 pm

"Not that I'm aware of," White House spokesman Josh Earnest answered on Friday when asked if Democrats have a contingency plan if Hillary Clinton got indicted. (AP Photo)

White House: No back-up plan if Clinton is indicted

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2016 5:33 pm

"I'm not going to second guess or offer my own backseat driving here," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

WH refuses to say Lynch, Clinton meeting was a mistake

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2016 5:14 pm

President Obama signed the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama signs Freedom of Information Act update

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 10:49 pm

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Partners and Interactive Design Architects won the contract to lead the project slated for construction on the south side of President Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago. (AP Photo)

Architects selected for Obama’s presidential ‘center’

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 7:32 pm

There will probably be "a number of ticks on the spreadsheet under the rant column" to come from President Obama, Josh Earnest said. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

White House: Expect more Obama ‘rants’

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 6:17 pm

"I think this may be an issue of sentence construction," WH press secretary Josh Earnest explained Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

WH: Obama didn’t insinuate Brexit won’t happen

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 5:51 pm

President Obama was the only of the "three amigos" to mention Istanbul during Wednesday's press conference with Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Turkish deaths get short-shrift from West

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2016 4:01 am

Obama lectures: Trump is no populist

Obama lectures: Trump is no populist

Nicole Duran · June 29, 2016 8:52 pm

—œThe embassy is aware of these reports and is concerned by the allegations regarding the treatment of both the dogs and their human handlers,—£ the State Department official said. (AP Photo)

State Dept. moves to save bomb-sniffing dogs in Kuwait

Nicole Duran · June 29, 2016 4:55 pm

President Obama will campaign with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, July 5, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to campaign with Clinton in North Carolina

Ryan Lovelace, Nicole Duran · June 29, 2016 3:07 pm

"Republicans now apparently see Zika funding as the vehicle to allow the display of Confederate flags in cemeteries across the country," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

WH chastises GOP for combining Confederate flag issue with Zika money

Nicole Duran · June 28, 2016 8:29 pm