Politics

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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest near Cairo University on Sunday as tensions mount between Islamists and the U.S.-backed secular military. (Associated Press)

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Washington Times President and CEO Larry Beasley announces the newspaper's straw poll results in March at the CPAC conference near Washington. He is joined by American Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas (left) and pollster Tony Fabrizio. (The Washington Times)

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Opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday while supporters of the country's first democratically elected president counter with protest demanding that he be reinstated.

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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori (left) and Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore speak together last week following a news conference at the National Press Club. More than 100 national religious leaders in an open letter are asking the Obama administration to "expand conscience protections" in the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate. Critics say it does not go far enough in divorcing the institutions from health plans that cover contraception. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is "expected to keep the door wide open for another White House campaign," says Wayne Slater, a political writer for The Dallas Morning News. "What's he got to lose?"

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"It's clear what he is, an old apparatchik KGB colonel, and he's not interested in better relations with the United States. ... We've got to have a much more realistic approach to Russia and Putin in order to comport with the realities of their relations with us."

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Opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, July 7, 2013. The country's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence over the military's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi stands guard at a barricade near Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp, in Giza, Egypt, southwest of Cairo, on Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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President Obama (right) walks with former President George W. Bush during a wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Mr. Obama was traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen (22) throws during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Nationals Park Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Washington. The Brewers won 4-0. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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** FILE ** Former Chad dictator Hissene Habre, left, is seen as he leaves the court in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 25, 2005. For more than 20 years, former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre lived a life of luxurious exile in Senegal, taking a second wife and watching 'Seinfeld' shows. On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, judges at a special court in Dakar formally charged Habre with crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. (Associated Press)