Nicole Duran

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Earnest charged the bill could give other countries an excuse to subject the U.S. to "kangaroo courts." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House: Suing Saudis means legal trouble for U.S.

Nicole Duran · May 17, 2016 6:57 pm

The statement was issued amid ongoing complaints from Syrian rebel groups that Russia is contributing to Bashar Assad's violations of the cease-fire. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S., Russia reinforce support for fragile Syrian cease-fire

Nicole Duran · May 17, 2016 5:14 pm

The Office of Management and Budget issued a statement of administration policy objecting to numerous provisions, including one that would block President Obama from keeping his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

National Security

WH threatens veto over Gitmo restrictions, environmental concerns

Nicole Duran, Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2016 11:04 pm

White House spokesman Josh Earnest also said he is not privy to top-secret documents about UFO searchers' and conspiracy theorists' effort to figure out really happened in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. Some believe a spaceship landed in Roswell nearly 70 years ago. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)

White House spokesman deflects on aliens, spaceships

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 9:50 pm

Almost 20 Republicans have already backed off pledges not to meet with Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama on Senate GOP: ‘This isn’t kindergarten’

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 8:01 pm

Obama: Trump painting GOP into a corner on Supreme Court

Obama: Trump painting GOP into a corner on Supreme Court

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 7:25 pm

President Obama plans to pay homage to Vietnam War veterans when visits that country next week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

Obama will honor U.S. vets of the Vietnam war on trip

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 7:08 pm

The Supreme Court rid itself of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House ‘pleased’ with Supreme Court’s contraception ruling

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 5:58 pm

Mark Zuckerberg will meet with a dozen well-known conservative pundits and figures. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Zuckerberg will sit down with prominent conservatives

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 9:59 pm

Trump latest tweets picked up on an earlier Twitter rant against a New York Times story alleging that Trump has a history disrespectful and inappropriate behavior directed at women. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump: Media on a ‘witch hunt against me’

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 9:12 pm

Trump on Obama’s mind at Rutgers commencement

Trump on Obama’s mind at Rutgers commencement

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 6:50 pm

N.Y. Congressman Peter King backs Trump

N.Y. Congressman Peter King backs Trump

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 6:05 pm