The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- House rejects efforts to curb NSA surveillance powers, 205-217
- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., a former FBI agent, lead the opposition, saying the current law has helped stop 54 terrorist attacks here and abroad.
- With his agenda stalled and his approval ratings dropping, Obama returned Wednesday to the economic message on income inequality that got him reelected, without offering any new plan of how he would get it done.
- Eliot Spitzer: What the President didn’t say
- Washington Post/ABC poll: By a margin of 56 to 27 percent, more Americans say they’d prefer to impose limits on abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy rather than the 24-week mark established under current law.
- Republicans are defending earmarks in transportation negotiations.
- Senate passes student loan fix.
- The race to become the next leader of the Federal Reserve looks increasingly like a contest between Lawrence Summers and Janet Yellen.
- Bill Clinton graces the cover of The Hollywood Reporter.
- In the pursuit of happiness, conservatives are winning.
- Prettier in print
- Cover story: “Broken City: How Detroit’s epic bankruptcy could help the rest of the country” by Rana Foroohar
- “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” by Massimo Calabresi
- “Heirs to the Thrones: Never mind the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on American political royalty. Family dynasties still rule.” by Zeke Miller
- “A Fool Errand’s Worth Pursing: There are many reasons the Mideast peace negotiations could fail–but no reason not to try” by Fareed Zakaria
- “The Twitsted Allure of Jihadi Glory,” by Virginia Postrel
- “The Half-Blood Prince” by Andrew Ferguson
- “Helen Thomas: Tireless White House Reporter” by former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
- Check out SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s new site, Monday Morning Quarterback with Peter King