The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- The Obama administration increasingly fears that Egypt’s military is deepening a crackdown that could spark a sustained period of instability and lead members of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood to take up arms.
- John Kerry‘s persistence has paid off: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet in Washington this evening to resume the long-dormant Middle East peace process.
- Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, according to a new AP report.
- Detroit looks to Obamacare to ease costs.
- Paul Krugman: Upward social mobility is even lower in Atlanta than it is in Detroit, possibly because the city is just be too spread out.
- Pope Francis reached out to gays Monday, saying he wouldn’t judge priests for their sexual orientation.
- Two industry giants, Omnicom and Publicis, merge to create the largest ad company in the world, signaling that advertising is now firmly in the business of Big Data: collecting and selling the personal information of millions of consumers.
- Rick Warren preaches for the first time since his son’s suicide.
- David Hawkings reports on Congress’ shrinking timetable to avert a government shutdown.
- The American Medical Association contributes massively to the illogical and inflated way that health care prices are set.
- Former President Jimmy Carter plans to visit North Korea “very soon” to win the release of a Korean-American man detained there.
- New York Times‘ interviews President Obama for the first time in three years.
- A Fox News interview with religious scholar Reza Aslan goes viral.