BARACK OBAMA

The European Union is also expected to add targets to its Russia sanctions list on Monday.

Obama continues to seek unity - and stronger measures - vs. Moscow.

Russia's currency was downgraded Friday by S&P, and the rating may sink lower if further sanctions are imposed.

Veterans groups and others continue to call for Obama to intervene in Phoenix, where some vets may have been victimized by a secret waiting list.

The relationship between the speaker of the House and conservative groups went south last December over a budget agreement.

With escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine, there is speculation that President Putin is repeating a strategy he used in Crimea.

President Obama and Japan Prime Minister Abe had been seeking to show that the alliance was strong in the face of a rising China.

Merkel added that the EU and G-7 nations would consider part two of a potentially three-stage sanction punishment process.

A list featuring Time magazine's "Most Influential People" came out Thursday.

"This time we can't say there's a basic agreement," Economy Minister Akira Amari said, as differences over cars and farm products remain.

The rules would allow Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to charge content providers for a “fast lane” to deliver large amounts of data to consumers.

The U.S. said further sanctions are ready to be deployed, while Russia's foreign minister accused the U.S. of "running the show" in Ukraine.

Behind the scenes, negotiators were working around the clock on a two-way trade pact crucial to a broader trans-Pacific agreement.

The White House will soon provide Congress a secretive dossier on about 50 non-Afghan detainees in a U.S. military prison north of Kabul.

Advocacy groups worry the helicopters will be used to continue the Egyptian military's violence against civilians.

The four-nation trip starts in Tokyo on Wednesday with Seoul as the second stop and includes visits to Malaysia and the Philippines.

U.S. concerns about the global economy, a weakened ruble and the interdependent nature of key industries may be why Russia isn't feeling the heat.

An agreement between the United States and Japan is crucial to the U.S.-led, 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Syrian opposition activists reported that helicopters dropped chlorine gas on Kfar Zeita on April 11 and 12.

The U.S. will consider more sanctions soon if Russia doesn't move to implement an agreement to ease tensions in Ukraine.

Less than a week after an agreement to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, new violence has been reported in the country's east section.