President Barack Obama is expected to deliver a statement on the situation in Ukraine Friday at 11:30 a.m. ET, the White House said.

The world's newspapers on Friday expressed outrage over a Malaysia Airlines jet that was shot down while flying over Eastern Ukraine and mourned the victims of the tragic event.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that he probably would have hesitated to send U.S. troops into Iraq if he had been elected President in 2000.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Thursday that he backs the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling, after declining to give an opinion on the outcome of the case earlier this month.

Liberal comedian Bill Maher crashed into the loaded debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Thursday night with a sexist tweet comparing Hamas to a "crazy woman" that "you have to slap."

A Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down Thursday over Eastern Ukraine was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries, the Associated Press reported. The nationalities of 18 passengers were still unconfirmed.

A Republican candidate for Arizona governor told TPM this week he has no idea why armed militiamen were tagging along with him Tuesday at an immigration protest.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that "there's going to be hell to pay" if it is determined that either Russia or pro-Russian separatists shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane flying over Eastern Ukraine.

A New Jersey legislative committee investigating the George Washington Bridge lane closures plans to hear testimony Thursday from Regina Egea, Gov. Chris Christie's (R) incoming chief of staff. Watch live below at 10 a.m. ET:

Fifty-seven percent of mass shooting incidents that occurred between January 2009 and this month were connected to domestic or family violence, according to a report released Thursday by one of the nation's leading gun control groups.