Nicole Duran

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Congress plans to send a bill to President Obama next week that repeals major parts of Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood. The bill is sure to be vetoed by Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

WH threatens to veto Senate bill limiting EPA’s power

Nicole Duran · November 3, 2015 7:05 pm

Liberals should recognize that repealing prevailing wage laws, frees up millions for other projects like schools and parks. (AP File Photo)

White House: GOP highway bill would ‘worsen’ roads

Nicole Duran · November 3, 2015 3:56 pm

White House fires back at Ryan on immigration

White House fires back at Ryan on immigration

Nicole Duran · November 2, 2015 8:46 pm

President Obama said the budget deal showed how Republicans and Democrats "came together to set up a responsible, long-term budget process." (AP Photo)

Obama: Budget deal shows ‘how Washington should work’

Nicole Duran · November 2, 2015 5:36 pm

Members of the Colombia Salsa band Sonora Carruseles, Leonardo Sierra, left, Daniel Marmolejo, center, and Jans Certuche, right, sing one of their hits during an interview in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

How Obama’s trying to spin his legacy

Nicole Duran · November 2, 2015 5:01 am

Obama sends ‘less than 50’ troops to Syria

National Security

Obama sends ‘less than 50’ troops to Syria

Nicole Duran, Charles Hoskinson · October 30, 2015 5:43 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters Friday that President Obama is untrustworthy on the issue of immigration.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Speaker Ryan: Ridiculous to trust Obama on immigration

Nicole Duran · October 30, 2015 3:25 pm

That strategy will rely mostly on an air campaign and aiding moderate forces within Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

National Security

White House: No change to ‘basic strategy’ against ISIS

Nicole Duran · October 29, 2015 10:43 pm

President Obama hopes newlyÂ electedÂ House Speaker Paul Ryan is willing to work with Democrats.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama looking for a ‘partner’ in Ryan

Nicole Duran · October 29, 2015 6:40 pm

White House: There is no new Cold War

National Security

White House: There is no new Cold War

Nicole Duran · October 29, 2015 6:28 pm

The operation that saw theÂ USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, sail within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef "was the result of a rigorous inter-agency process designed to produce options for leadership," White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters on Wednesday.Â (AP File Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

WH confronts China with missile destroyer

Nicole Duran · October 28, 2015 8:57 pm

In written testimony to the HouseÂ JudiciaryÂ Committee, Lynch said that the Justice Department has charged approximately 70 people with foreign fighter-related crimes since 2013.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lynch: Justice focused on cyber, white-collar, human trafficking crimes

Nicole Duran · October 28, 2015 3:38 pm