Nicole Duran

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"At this 11th hour, despite some differences that remain, we have never been closer to a lasting outcome," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. (AP Photo)

Iran: ‘Coercion’ won’t ‘ensure submission’ on imminent nuclear deal

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 11:07 pm

In exchange for rigging contracts, Ramiro Pena, Jr., received a Rolex watch and $100,000 cash, according to the Justice Department. (AP Photo)

Army sergeant admits taking Afghan bribes

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 9:27 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria, Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo)

Kerry: We’re ‘making progress’ on Iran nuclear deal

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 8:42 pm

In a joint statement, OPM, OMB, and DHS implied they had not been notified the hearing would be transcribed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After hacks, OPM turns to paper background checks

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 5:49 pm

Officials use a shovel as they investigate the burned Glover Grove Baptist Church in Warrenville, S.C. on Friday, June 26, 2015. (Todd Bennett/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

DOJ will investigate rash of black church fires

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 4:43 pm

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, welcomes guests to a holiday reception for service members, veterans, and their families, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Vice President's residence, The U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Bend it like Biden

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 3:37 pm

Every Republican candidates in Congress "has supported cutting taxes for folks at the top while slashing investments in education; I know that sounds familiar," Obama said. (AP)

Obama: GOP candidates are good people with bad ideas

Nicole Duran · July 2, 2015 9:18 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wis., Thursday, July 2, 2015, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Wisconsin man charged after threatening to kill Obama

Nicole Duran · July 2, 2015 7:44 pm

"We're kind of right in the center of his legislative agenda," Rep. Ron Kind said about Wisconsin's 10 members of Congress. "As a delegation, we're strategically placed." (AP Photo)Â

Wisconsin lawmakers central to Obama’s late-term agenda

Nicole Duran · July 2, 2015 3:25 pm

President Barack Obama reacts as he is acknowledged by Kelly Bryant on stage at Taylor Stratton Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, July 1, 2015, where he talked about the Affordable Care Act. The president said he wants to refocus on improving health care quality, expanding access and rooting out waste now that the Supreme Court has upheld a key element of his health care law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama on Obamacare: ‘We still have to sign a bunch of people up’

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2015 10:39 pm

Obama on his historic Cuba decision: ‘This is what change looks like’

National Security

Obama on his historic Cuba decision: ‘This is what change looks like’

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2015 5:48 pm

Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, Patrick McFarland, inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management, Donna Seymour, CIO of the Office of Personnel Management, Ann Barron-DiCamillo, director of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Eric Hess, CEO of KeyPoint Government Solutions, and Rob Giannetta, CIO of US Investigations Services, appear before during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill June 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Data hack reveals OPM’s long, terrible history with government contractors

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2015 4:40 pm