A two-year deal was announced Tuesday by the lead congressional budget negotiators.
Conservative U.S. politicians have praised Nelson Mandela, but some of their supporters lobbed racial insults at the deceased South African president.
A viral Internet rumor claims Michelle Obama made the president switch seats after he shared laughs with Denmark's prime minister at Nelson Mandela's memorial service.
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Obama and three former U.S. presidents were among the thousands who paid tribute to Nelson Mandela in Soweto, outside Johannesburg.
Dozens of world leaders appeared at Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday to pay respects to South Africa's iconic leader.
The U.S. has some of the highest income-inequality levels in the world, among advanced economies, generally faring worse relative to European countries.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the following speech at a memorial for former South African president Nelson Mandela at Johannesburg
“It is hard to eulogize any man...how much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation towards justice,” President Obama said.
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Dozens of world leaders plan to attend a memorial service for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, but some prominent names won't be among them.
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Just one day after Nelson Mandela's death, Rick Santorum publicly compares South Africa’s brutally repressive apartheid policy to Obamacare.
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Political and public figures around the world have expressed grief over the loss of Nelson Mandela.
Democratic lawmakers wrote the president, saying that stopping deportations will boost their coalition's efforts in Congress.
In a speech about Nelson Mandela, Obama spoke about how the South African leader inspired him personally.
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Though many on the left want Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run in 2016, she pledges to finish out her term and not seek the presidency.
The House Judiciary committee spent one day hearing claims that Obama may be acting outside the law and may be overthrown.
House Republicans are ready for another attack on Obama, who they say is violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws.