BARACK OBAMA

President Obama and First Lady Michelle will reportedly buy a house in Rancho Mirage.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would try to ensure Ukrainian separatists cooperate with an investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, but said the West must do more to persuade Kiev to end hostilities.

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out a federal regulation that implements key subsidies that are vital to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit accepted one of the main legal challenges to the policy by conservatives opposed to an expansion of the federal government.

French President Francois Hollande says Russia's attitude will determine whether France delivers contracted warship.

For the first time in months, Free Syrian Army rebels made advances near the capital, a move that could gain them status with the U.S.

"Operation Strong Safety" will target criminal activity along the border, the governor said.

Border officials say they have been detaining fewer child migrants in recent weeks.

President Obama signed a presidential executive order to ban discrimination against LGBT workers by federal contractors.

Four days after MH17 was shot down in Ukraine, President Obama spoke harshly of Russia and President Vladimir Putin's role in the crisis.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday, following the sharpest moves in indexes in the past three months during the two previous sessions, as developments in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip continue to garner investor focus.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says Israeli ground offensive could be finished in three days.

After a day of intensive fighting in the Gaza strip, Hamas has claimed to have taken an Israeli soldier hostage.

In a Sunday call with the Israeli Prime Minister, Barack Obama expressed concern over the rising death toll in the Gaza Strip.

Nineteen-year-old student Quinn Lucas Schansman was en route to be with his family for a vacation in Bali.

Pro-Russia separatists are controlling access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site.

The changes have been made by an Internet user within VGTRK, a Russian state-run TV and radio network.

The lawyers told Reuters they expected at least some of the families of the 283 passengers on board the flight to sue Malaysia Airlines for damages above the amount they can already seek under an international agreement.

Now that we know a missile brought down MH17, we can ask how difficult it is to shoot a jetliner out of the sky at 33,000 feet.

An amendment just passed by the House would make the cannabis industry a more attractive partner for financial institutions.

"It’s not the route selection that resulted in these deaths. It’s some terrorist deciding to shoot our plane that caused these deaths."

President Barack Obama said MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists.