Nicole Duran

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President Obama said that lone wolf or small-group attacks are "very hard to detect and very hard to prevent, but across our government, at every level … we are doing everything in our power to stop these kinds of attacks." (Screenshot)

Obama: Feds doing ‘everything in our power’ to stop terror attacks

Nicole Duran · June 14, 2016 4:34 pm

"I would not critique what Secretary Clinton had to say," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said when asked whether President Obama also believes the terms are synonymous. (AP Photo)

WH ‘not concerned’ after Clinton warns of ‘radical Islamism’

Nicole Duran · June 13, 2016 7:39 pm

—œI think that what the FBI has done is the prudent thing,—£ Josh Earnest said about Director James Comey’s announcement that the current investigation will examine its previous probes of Omar Mateen. (AP Photo)

White House: ‘Too early’ to say if FBI flubbed probe of Orlando shooter

Nicole Duran · June 13, 2016 6:39 pm

President Obama is "quite frustrated" that Congress has stymied previous attempts to pass gun-control legislation, Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

Obama’s last move on guns: The bully pulpit

Nicole Duran, Susan Crabtree · June 13, 2016 6:31 pm

The administration of President George W. Bush also went "to great lengths to debunk that myth and to make clear that these organizations are seeking to perpetuate a perverted version of Islam," a White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

National Security

White House: Bush also refused to say ‘radical Islam’

Nicole Duran · June 13, 2016 6:27 pm

FBI confirms: ‘Strong indications’ Orlando shooter inspired by terrorists

Nicole Duran · June 13, 2016 4:32 pm

Amanda Sherman is the communications director for Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

A fan of TV politics does it for real

Nicole Duran · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

The U.S.-led coalition fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State is zeroing in on the terrorist group's core territory and leadership, and is breaking down the group's morale, he Obama administration's anti-Islamic State czar said on Friday. (Militant website via AP, file)

National Security

White House: Islamic State’s morale is ‘plummeting’

Nicole Duran · June 10, 2016 6:43 pm

President Obama and his mouthpieces made a big show for months of not saying whom the superdelegate "who works in the Oval Office" would back before the final wave of Democratic voters had a chance to weigh in on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton was always Obama’s choice

Nicole Duran · June 10, 2016 12:21 am

The Obamas first head to New Mexico next Friday before traveling on to Yosemite in central California. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Obamas plan Yosemite trip to celebrate Park Service anniversary

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2016 9:23 pm

"When you just take a raw look at qualifications, I think that's pretty obvious," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama: Clinton the most qualified ever

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2016 8:56 pm

"They do not have the same opinion on every issue but ... the president said unequivocally that he does not believe [there's been a] candidate more qualified to hold this office," Earnest said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House insists, Clinton doesn’t mean a third Obama term

Nicole Duran · June 9, 2016 7:19 pm