The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- Guardian: Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their British government hosts.
- David Rhode: The security industrial complex has become “absurd.”
- Cost and benefits of NSA
- U.S. is eager for nuclear talks with new Iran president, Hassan Rouhani.
- North Korea seeks talks with U.S.
- President Obama in Belfast on Monday praised the Northern Ireland peace process, calling it a “blueprint” to help resolve conflicts in other countries.
- It’s been almost two months since Sen. Marco Rubio appeared at a public event with the Gang of Eight.
- The South’s economy is rising fast.
- Sen. Orrin Hatch: Judges confrontation a made-up fight.
- President Rand Paul
- Top justice department officials threatened to quit in 2004 over surveillance program now legalized by court.
- Billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman has helped land the wife of Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on the board of directors of Revlon.
- 128 years ago the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbor.