Tag: Nicole Duran

Flake on Tuesday issued a report outlining how $35 million was spent on what he considers dubious studies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House: Flake is too flip about Zika

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 6:08 pm

President Obama will be fully engaged in helping a Democrat succeed him this year, White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Stakes ‘too high’ for Obama to sit out election

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 5:49 pm

"Whether you represent industry, government, a health system, nonprofit, philanthropy, research institute, professional society, patients or others, I want to hear from you," Joe Biden wrote. (AP Photo)

Biden takes to new media to boost cancer project

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 3:09 pm

Although the decree comes straight from the president's desk, schools will not be legally bound by it. However, schools that do not cooperate with the recommendation may be liable to lawsuits and the revoking of federal funding. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to sign trade secrets bill in public

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 11:25 pm

Merrick Garland submitted the 141-page document, and its 2,066 pages of appendices, on Tuesday. Shortly after, the full document went online. (AP Photo)

White House trying to create momentum for Garland

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 10:43 pm

"...We're probably going to miss him more than he misses us," said Auriemma. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U-Conn coach on Obama: ‘Going to miss him’

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 7:50 pm

Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco is in Brussels this week to follow up on Belgian authorities' counterterrorism efforts, the White House announced. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

U.S. officials in Brussels to boost counterterror effort

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 6:53 pm

"President Obama made a strategic calculation" that the biggest threat Iran posed was its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, the White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

White House: Obama never saw Iran deal as panacea

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 6:34 pm

His May 27 visit to the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing will —œhighlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the United States,—£ Earnest said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: History will sort out if U.S. should apologize to Japan

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 5:59 pm

"I'm not aware of a position that we've taken on this question relating to firearms," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said after emphasizing the administration's support for allowing former convicts to vote. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House wants voting rights for ex-cons, but what about gun rights?

Nicole Duran · May 9, 2016 7:02 pm

The White House backed away from Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes' assessment that Washington's foreign policy establishment, including Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, is a "blob." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

White House: Hillary Clinton not part of the ‘blob’

Nicole Duran · May 9, 2016 6:35 pm

Because the nuclear treaty is in place, "we can now verify that Iran has not obtained a nuclear weapon," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House trying to confirm new Iran missile test

Nicole Duran · May 9, 2016 5:52 pm