A dramatic eleventh-hour deal slashing spending staved off a US Government shutdown, ending a rancorous Budget row between President Barack Obama and his newly empowered Republican foes.

Tea Party matriarch Sarah Palin urged the US right on Friday to draw inspiration from Ronald Reagan, as she kicked off a weekend of commemorations on the ex President's 100th anniversary.

Washington: The US President, Mr Barack Obama, has been compared to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin in a billboard by a local protest movement in Iowa state.

The North Iowa Tea Party in a billboard i