Nicole Duran

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Jimmy Carter, a Mercer University trustee, was on hand to award an honorary doctorate of humanities to Gregg Allman. (AP Photo/Joe Howell, File)

Carter says Allman Brothers helped him win White House

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 5:04 pm

"I don't think he should have ever made the threat in the first place," Gates said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

National Security

Gates criticizes Obama’s Syria red line

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 4:34 pm

Gates concerned by Trump foreign policy, ego

Gates concerned by Trump foreign policy, ego

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 3:51 pm

Priebus: Voters don’t care about Trump’s impersonations

Priebus: Voters don’t care about Trump’s impersonations

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 3:18 pm

Priebus: Independent candidacy a ‘suicide mission’

Priebus: Independent candidacy a ‘suicide mission’

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 3:14 pm

Sherrod Brown leaves veep door open

Sherrod Brown leaves veep door open

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 2:47 pm

"Donald Trump was not asked to change," Manafort said. "There's no reason for him to change." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Manafort: GOP leaders not insisting Trump change

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 2:15 pm

President Obama and Scandinavian leaders on Friday renewed their commitment to NATO in the wake of Russian intransigence on Crimea and deployment of a U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe — the first of its kind on the continent. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Nordic leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, fret about Russian aggression

Nicole Duran · May 14, 2016 12:16 am

Lack of a no-fly zone is "reason that our families are refugees and that Syrians are being killed every day." (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

National Security

Syrian-Americans plead with Rhodes for no-fly zone

Nicole Duran · May 13, 2016 9:49 pm

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

Nicole Duran · May 13, 2016 6:14 pm

Such "freedom of navigation" operations are "relatively routine," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Earnest says U.S. not poking China with naval exercises

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 8:17 pm

Comey said he thinks the Ferguson Effect could be real, a position opposed by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Comey not out of step with Obama

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 7:50 pm