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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, responds to questions and offers remarks during an interview on July 6, 2011, at The Washington Times' building in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Nuer men perform for a crowd gathered Tuesday for independence celebration rehearsals in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which becomes a nation on Saturday. Two decades of a north-south civil war left at least 2 million people dead. (Associated Press)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, talks to reporters Wednesday about debt-ceiling solutions. “I have said from day one, we are not for tax hikes on the American people or businesses, and if the president wants to talk loopholes, we'll be glad to talk loopholes.” (Associated Press)
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said that the redistricting panel he's a member of wants to ensure the new districts “are compact and contiguous.” (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama sits with Twitter co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Dorsey during a "Twitter Town Hall" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Josh Wolff becoming the captain of D.C. United was a clue that Dax McCarty's days in Washington were numbered. (Associated Press)
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A 10-foot bronze statue of Ronald Reagan unveiled July 4 in London as a 2012 Republican presidential candidate? One headline would have it so. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Embassy, London)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Tickets sold in China for the Hollywood animated movie "Kung Fu Panda 2" are allegedly being counted toward the box office total for the Communist Party propaganda film "Beginning of the Great Revival."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A couple in Shanghai walk past an advertisement for "Beginning of the Great Revival," a propaganda film celebrating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party. At least one multiplex chain is being accused of trying to inflate the film's box office numbers.
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President Obama makes a statement to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations on July 5, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, responds to questions and offers remarks during an interview in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 6, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Christine Lagarde, the new head of the IMF, holds a press conference on July 6, 2011, at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The Washington Capitals signed forward Troy Brouwer (left) to a two-year, $2.35 million deal on July 6, 2011. The Capitals traded their first-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks during the NHL draft for the rights to Brouwer, who could challenge Alexander Semin and Mike Knuble for big minutes at right wing. (Associated Press)
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Charles Tiger is pictured during an interview in his FEMA trailer home in Little Axe, Okla., Thursday, June 16, 2011. Nearly six years after the hurricane, the mobile homes that became a symbol of the government's failed response are finally being put to good use. FEMA has quietly given many of them away to American Indian tribes that are in desperate need of affordable housing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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** FILE ** Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, which is part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire, arrives at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, England, in October 2009. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
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Jenn Keller, right, reacts after Casey Anthony's not-guilty verdict was announced outside the Orange County Courthouse. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Former vice president Walter Mondale announces Tuesday in Minneapolis the formation of a bipartisan committee to help Minnesota's Democratic governor and Republican Legislature put an end to the state's budget shutdown. "A spirit of compromise is necessary," Mr. Mondale said. (Star Tribune via Associated Press)
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Nearly one-fourth of the money raised by Tim Kaine's campaign in three months came from ActBlue, a political action committee. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, flanked by lawmakers and Cabinet members, signs the Wall Street reform and consumer protection bill on July 21, 2010. Now Republican lawmakers are using legislative means to try to weaken it. Their hope is to force some compromises on agency budgets and regulatory nominees. (Associated Press)
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In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency, supporters of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad hoist pictures of him along with national flags during a rally in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
