The President’s traveling to Asia to convince America’s allies in the region that he’s still committed to them. After a series of foreign policy distractions like Ukraine and a few flubs on trade, that will be a hard sell.

After his Socialist Party took a drubbing at the polls, French President François Hollande has appointed Manuel Valls as Prime Minister, a man despised by the French “Left-of-the-Left.” His success or failure in the coming months and years will tell us a lot about the vexed question of welfare state reform in France (and perhaps elsewhere as well).

We finally have hard data showing young adults staying with city life well into their thirties. Extended adolescence keeps getting longer.

Detroit’s unions are looking for a way to get federal money earmarked for distressed homebuyers to go to fixing pensions instead.

Jews in Ukraine are being told to register with the new authorities—”or else.”

Maryland demands more money from distance education programs that enroll students in Maryland. The state is protecting its own online education outfit at the expense of students, chasing away competitors that may offer cheaper, better programs.

On the one hand, there’s good news about some kind of deal that prevents a bad situation in Ukraine from getting worse. On the other hand, Vladimir Putin seems to have Russian empire on his mind.

Public pressure is mounting on the health care industry to get serious about price transparency.

Arizona is the first state in the nation to offer vouchers to homeschoolers. Today, the state House of Representatives will decide whether or not to expand the program to include thousands more students.

Europe’s disgruntled taxi drivers are trying to beat Uber in the courts because they are losing in the marketplace. Berlin is the latest European city to crack down on the start-up, and has banned it entirely.