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It was the briefest of moments, just seconds, two presidents shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries amid a gaggle of world leaders together to honor the late Nelson Mandela .

During the early days of "Abenomics," U.S. businesses were optimistic they could convince Japan's government to make a small change to the nation's tight immigration rules to let more household helpers into the country.

John D. Podesta, who co-chaired of the transition team of President-elect Obama in 2008 and once served as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff, will return to the White House as an adviser in January.

While Noel has been dubbed the "Christmas City" and "Canoe Capital of the Ozarks", it's actually the Tyson plant that is keeping Noel on the map.

The aggressive, uncivil, and in-your-face ways in which amnesty advocates have recently harassed lawmakers in Congress to pressure them to pass comprehensive immigration reform have backfired, according to the inside-the-beltway publication Politico .

More than 170 Syrian and Palestinian refugees held since October in Egyptian police stations were released on Tuesday and granted temporary permits to stay in Egypt, a government spokesman said.

Five months ago, the Senate took a historic step toward enacting immigration reform with a path to citizenship by passing S.744-the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act-with a bipartisan supermajority.

Prosecutors say they could legally continue to pursue a domestic violence case against George Zimmerman, despite a signed affidavit from his girlfriend asking them not to.

Immigration reform advocates have tried being polite. They've staged acts of civil disobedience and warned Republicans the party will pay at the ballot box if they drag their feet on an overhaul.

Princeton University is set to start the vaccination of nearly 6,000 students to try to stop an outbreak of type B meningitis.

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen will conduct a telephone town hall for residents of the state's 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Larsen will discuss his efforts to support job creation in Northwest Washington, the Affordable Care Act and his continuing work to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

People who didn't know a URL from an http were blithely expounding on software snags and web design, thanks to the clunky launch of healthcare.gov, the insurance marketplace for the government's big health care overhaul.

In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the new health care law during a White House Youth Summit, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds up a checklist related to the preparation for the implementation of the Obamacare healthcare program, and specifically, the HealthCare.gov website, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

U.S. Rep Mark Sanford says he would support a stronger work visa program as a way to deal with the nation's immigration issues.

The senator stands out as the leader of the Democrats' historic move to go to the "nuclear option," ending the paralysis by threat of filibuster that tied the Senate in knots for the last five years.

"This is Jack Kemp's enterprise zones on steroids," said Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, in his speech before the Detroit Economic Club.

Despite the House leadership's refusal to bring it up for a vote, a federal bill banning LGBT workplace discrimination isn't dead yet in the eyes of a South Bay congressman.

What if we elected a president, who we knew nothing about, just because it would be so historic that we elected the first president elected in the United States? What if that president had very little experience in government and very little public record to know about him from? What if we were told that candidate associated with a convicted ... (more)

In spite of his widely praised charisma and social media skills, President Obama has lost his cool factor with Millennials.