Nicole Duran

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Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., left, introduces Vice President Joe Biden prior to his discussion with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

National Security

Biden defends Iran deal, shows off foreign policy chops

Nicole Duran · September 3, 2015 4:46 pm

Pope Francis kisses an ancient copy of the Bible he was presented by Eugenio Bernardini, center, the Moderator of the Waldensian Church, during the first ever visit of a pope to the Waldensian evangelical church, in Turin, northern Italy, Monday, June 22, 2015. (L' Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis to donate rare Bible to Library of Congress

Nicole Duran · August 24, 2015 7:07 pm

President Barack Obama shakes hands with a guest before taking the stage to speak at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heads to New Orleans for Katrina anniversary

Nicole Duran · August 19, 2015 9:42 pm

MoveOn.org launched a targeted campaign to deploy staff and grassroots activists to key states and districts to show up at town halls and demonstrate to their Democratic members of Congress that they support implementing the agreement.Â (Jason Bahr/Getty Images for MoveOn.org Civic Action)

National Security

Iran nuke deal energizes MoveOn.org

Nicole Duran · August 19, 2015 1:18 pm

In the wake of GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump's call to deport illegal immigrants en masse, a population most recently estimated at 11.3 million people, the liberal Center for American Progress has updated its regular analysis of how expensive such a plan would be.Â (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

What’s the cost of deporting all illegal immigrants? It depends

Nicole Duran · August 18, 2015 9:32 pm

President Barack Obama meets with Emma Didlake, 110, of Detroit, the oldest known World War II veteran, in the Oval Office of the White House on July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

America’s oldest veteran dies

Nicole Duran · August 17, 2015 9:42 pm

All 50 had outstanding removal orders and are subject to repatriation to their countries of origin, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Getty Images file)

Immigration agents arrest 50 suspected human-rights violators

Nicole Duran · August 17, 2015 7:17 pm

A military officer walks from the entrance to Camp VI at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on June 25, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Senators reject DOD plan to move Gitmo detainees to Kansas, South Carolina

Nicole Duran · August 14, 2015 9:48 pm

A federal court decided to toss out Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawsuitÂ that challenged President Obama's executive action aimed at deferring the deportation of some illegal immigrants. (AP Photo)

Court tosses Sheriff Joe’s deferred deportation lawsuit

Nicole Duran · August 14, 2015 6:45 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry, and other dignitaries watch as U.S. Marines raise the U.S. flag over the newly reopened embassy in Havana, Cuba. Friday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Kerry raises flag on reopened embassy in Cuba

Nicole Duran · August 14, 2015 3:01 pm

"There's a little nagging worry in Democrats that probably won't go away and probably will only grow larger," Jimmy Siegel, a Democratic strategist, told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)Â

Dems start to worry about the Clinton email scandal

David M. Drucker, Nicole Duran · August 14, 2015 4:01 am

MichaelÂ Horowitz's proposal is in response to a controversial opinion issued by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel last month. (AP Photo)Â

Watchdog slams government’s legal opinion limiting access to information

Nicole Duran · August 13, 2015 11:05 pm