A visualization comparing US President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in 2009 to his speech today in Israel.
What can we learn from this graphic aside from Obama's (or his speech writers'?) love to repeat "people," "world" and "must"? The subject of both speeches touched on similar points: Israel has the right to exist, but so does Palestine as an independent state.
US First Lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teenager and band majorette who was shot dead in a gang-related shooting, only days after she performed at President Obama's January inaguration.
Sworn in Sunday, Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will on Monday begin his second term with the usual inaugural festivities, but the tone is markedly different from last year's high of hopes and change.
What's a political campaign without some music to go along with it.
In this election season candidates are receiving unsolicited, and likely unwelcome, endorsements from a variety of artists. We picked 8 of the best political songs of the last few years.
House Speaker John Boehner delayed action on an unpopular GOP transportation bill, the Associated Press reported. Republicans had hoped to pass the five year, $260 billion bill this week, but Boehner said that action would be delayed until after next week's congressional recess.
Atambayev recently served as the prime minister of the former Soviet republic and was Russia’s favored candidate among the field of 16 presidential hopefuls, Voice of America reports.
When President Obama announced a new plan to cap federal student loans at 10 percent with all remaining debt forgiven after 20 years, he said that these changes "will make a difference" for college graduates trying to meet payment deadlines in a tough economy.
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