The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- In climbing the income ladder, location matters
- Corporate battle lines are being drawn over the congressional effort to overhaul the tax code
- Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the NSA‘s civilian and military workforce has grown by one-third, to about 33,000. Its budget has roughly doubled, and the number of private companies it depends on has more than tripled, from 150 to close to 500.
- A leaked Pakistani report confirms a high civilian death toll from CIA drone strikes
- Many Detroit residents have felt the city has been bankrupt for years
- Jonathan Chait: Republicans are testing a “new frontier of radicalism—government sabotage.”
- Jim DeMint is back at war with Republicans
- Kentucky’s secretary of state , Alison Lundergan Grimes, will formally kick off her campaign against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell next week
- Obama will embark on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest this week to lay out his agenda for reinvigorating the nation’s economy. September will mark the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis that underscored the recession.
- Obama’s approval rating drops for second straight quarter, to 47.9%
- The CEO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants on Obamacare
- Washington Monthly examines the American Medical Association’s special committee (“shadowy cartel of doctors”) that meets three times a year to determine how much Medicare should pay doctors for the medical procedures they perform.
- Two-thirds of House members have a leadership PAC
- On the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the Washington Post interviews the Iraqis in their Baghdad bureau who helped them survive
- Rolling Stones‘ “Jahar World“
- Eleanor Clift on Helen Thomas’ legacy
- Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, had been admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital in London in the early stages of labor