Nicole Duran

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In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015 file photo, an Afghan woman cries out at the site of a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

National Security

Taliban suicide bomber kills dozens, one U.S. soldier, in Kabul

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 10:39 pm

In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015 file photo, Afghan security personnel investigate site of a suicide attack on a NATO military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

National Security

Former Russian soldier fighting with Taliban could get life

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 8:32 pm

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at the RedState Gathering Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jeb Bush: Trump is ‘divisive’ like Obama

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 7:53 pm

President Obama speaks to the media before signing H.R. 1138 Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: ‘Still too many barriers to vote’ 50 years after Voting Rights Act

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 5:54 pm

Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., center, arrives before Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew, testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2015, to review the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

GOP: War or Iranian nuclear deal a ‘false’ choice

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 2:41 pm

Obama "set a pretty high bar for what's acceptable to him when it comes to a final TPP agreement that he's willing to sign on to," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday. (AP)

Obama’s Asia pivot is riding on key trade deal

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 4:01 am

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Chief Information Officer Donna K. Seymour, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Chaffetz renews call to fire government Human Resources CIO

Nicole Duran · August 6, 2015 9:34 pm

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing August 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Watchdogs: Justice Department handcuffing IGs, whistleblowers

Nicole Duran · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

Vice President Joe Biden praised Ireland for becoming the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo)

Dem strategists say Biden ‘late to the party’ for 2016

Nicole Duran · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

CISA "is not a cyber bill, it is a surveillance bill," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity bill pits White House against Senate Dems

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2015 11:01 pm

"The first thing I'm probably going to do is catch up on my sleep," Obama told an audience of young African leaders gathered in Washington for the Mandela Washington Fellowship Presidential Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s post-presidency plans: Snoring

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2015 5:30 pm

"[W]e prevented a second Great Depression; we've stabilized the economy, an economy that was shrinking is now growing ... we have passed historic health care reform, historic financial regulatory reform," President Obama told Jon Stewart in his last appearance on the Daily Show before Stewart steps down this week. (AP photo) Â

Obama in 2017: Finding ‘other ways to serve’

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2015 4:01 am