BARACK OBAMA

Employees should check with their agencies and the OPM website for updates, the White House budget office said.

President Obama signed the bill into law, after the Senate and then the House passed the debt deal Wednesday night.

Newark's mayor defeated Steve Lonegan in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by the late Frank Lautenberg.

As a deal to raise the debt ceiling appears to be in the making, many are left to wonder, how did it come to this and what do we do from here?

Immigration reform will return to being a top priority of the president once the debt ceiling and government shutdown are resolved.

Even in this liberal bastion of the Northwest, Sawant’s political views stand out.

President Obama’s Climate Action Plan builds on past progress to reduce carbon emissions, but it also faces strong opposition.

Under the deal, the government will reopen until mid-January and the debt limit will be lifted until early February.

Decisive action can cut bloated defense overhead costs and constrain skyrocketing retirement and health care benefits.

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called for President Obama's impeachment, the same day a fake news report circulated.

How centrist are Americans? A national poll by NBC News and Esquire magazine belies conventional wisdom that we are increasingly a nation of radicals.

Ryan has represented Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District in the southeastern corner of the state since 1999.

The going rate for a pair of pandas on loan includes uranium, energy technology and trade agreements with China.

The House GOP isn't waiting for a bipartisan Senate deal: its plan seeks more changes to Obamacare.

Malala has responded to such criticisms by asserting that she is neither a “Western puppet” nor ashamed to be Pakistani.

Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are getting closer, multiple sources are reporting.

The New York congressman is concerned the Texas senator could lead the party again to an untenable situation, and he's being vocal about it.

After forcing a federal court to temporarily suspend deportations last week, Arizona activists ratchet up the protest.

Nugent, 64, is a ferocious opponent of President Barack Obama.

De Blasio is as under-qualified to lead the nation's largest city as Obama was to take over the reins of the world's greatest super-power.

Senate Majority Leader McConnell is reportedly looking over his Democratic counterpart's proposal at this very moment.