The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- Officials in Egypt said to order the release of former President Hosni Mubarak
- “Egypt’s military-led government said it was ‘reviewing’ its strategic relationships with the U.S. and other Western governments critical of its crackdown on Islamists, deepening the divide between the Obama administration and Cairo.” [WSJ]
- Breaking down U.S. military aid to Egypt
- Can a discharge petition revive immigration reform?
- Al Jazeera America promises a more sober look at the news.
- The deadline day has arrived for creditors to oppose Detroit’s request for bankruptcy protection.
- Politico names two “endangered species,” California Republicans and Arkansas Democrats.
- Tech firms have become “laggards” in the U.S. economic recovery. [L.A. Times]
- U.S. manufacturing makes slight gains
- Ken Auletta’s “After Bloomberg”
- What members of Congress are doing during the August recess