Zack Colman

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President Barack Obama speaks at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Obama is pressing federal agencies to expedite the section of the Keystone XL pipeline between Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Republicans plan to attack Obama’s climate agenda early and often

Zack Colman · December 27, 2014 10:00 am

Natural gas prices for future delivery fell below $3 per million British thermal units for the first time since 2012, as record production and a mild winter has allowed inventories to accumulate. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Natural gas slides below $3

Zack Colman · December 26, 2014 6:29 pm

President Obama made calls to members of each military branch around the country before Christmas Eve dinner, according to a White House press pool report. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama calls military to offer Christmas gratitude

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 9:49 pm

A United States citizen who had been detained in Timor-Leste for nearly two months was freed Thursday by a district court in the Southeast Asian country, the State Department said. (AP/Courtesy Bernadette Kero)

National Security

Jailed US veterinarian freed in East Timor

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 9:22 pm

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Lower gas prices prove a valuable stocking stuffer

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 6:59 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter to wish Merry Christmas to his more than 280,000 followers. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Iranian president tweets Christmas well wishes

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 6:22 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu: Middle East Christians facing ‘difficult time’

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Middle East Christians facing ‘difficult time’

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 6:17 pm

Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday that defenders of extreme interrogation techniques were conducting a "rewriting of history." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

John McCain meeting with Afghan president

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 4:25 pm

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Colorado man arrested for making threats against cops on YouTube

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 3:13 pm

Former President George H.W. Bush will stay in a Houston hospital through Christmas Day as a precaution after being admitted Tuesday night for shortness of breath. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

George H.W. Bush staying in hospital on Christmas as ‘precaution’

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 2:33 pm

NYPD officers stand just after a moment of silence. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

JetBlue offers to fly officers to NYPD funerals

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 2:19 pm

Pope Francis waves from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis: Iraq and Syria ‘for too long now have suffered’

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 1:56 pm