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President Obama walks back toward the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday after meeting students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo. The president received a letter from a school parent who was worried that her son's trip would be canceled by a government shutdown, which was averted. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Orrin Hatch (Associated Press)
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Tunisians return to an immigrant shelter on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa after trying to escape Monday. Some 20,000 have arrived there since Tunisia's longtime dictator was overthrown in January. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian protester holds the national flag Saturday during a vigil calling for President Bashar Assad to step down in front of Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan. (Associated Press)
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, April, 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Mark Miles, Chairman of the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee, responds to a question during a news conference in Indianapolis, Monday, April 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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An African Union delegation meets with Libyan rebel leaders at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, April 11, 2011. The AU delegation took its cease-fire proposal to the rebels' eastern stronghold and was met with protests by crowds opposed to any peace until the country's longtime leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, gives up power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Kaziah Hall of the West Indian American Kite Association prepares to launch a large kite into flight during the annual Kite Festival on the National Mall, in Washington, Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Joe Kleeman, left, helps a Hada Carson, 4, a family friend, prepare her kite for flight during the annual Kite Festival on the National Mall, in Washington, Sunday, April 10, 2011. Kleeman said he wasn't worried about a possible government shutdown ruining their day. "Once you tell all the kids you're going to fly kites, you're still going to go no matter what the government does. We'd be out here either way." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A cameraman films a tank belonging to pro-Gadhafi forces as it burns on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes helped them drive Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of the hard-fought eastern city of Ajdabiya, which is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Joe Kleeman (left) helps Hada Carson, 4, a family friend, prepare her kite for flight during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Mr. Kleeman said he hadn't been worried about a possible government shutdown ruining their day. "Once you tell all the kids you're going to fly kites, you're still going to go, no matter what the government does. We'd be out here either way." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Kaziah Hall of the West Indian American Kite Association prepares to launch a large kite during the annual Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Libyan rebel fighters fire rockets in the desert between Ajdabiya and Brega on Saturday. The rebels said NATO airstrikes Sunday helped them drive Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of Ajdabiya, the gateway to the opposition's stronghold.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, a former military officer, waves after casting his ballot in the general elections in Lima, Peru, on Sunday.
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Actor Robert Redford said Sunday that he's "depressed" the nation has reduced itself to playing political "games" while serious issues go unconfronted. (Associated Press)
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A hat, gavel and boots belonging to former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter are displayed before a memorial service Sunday at his home in Dresden, Tenn. Mr. McWherter, a two-term Democratic governor, died April 4. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on Friday, April 8, 2011, about the release of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. It says more than 40 governments are now blocking their citizens' access to the Internet, with firewalls, regulatory restrictions and technologies “to repress speech.” (AP Photo)
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The re-election campaign of President Obama has set up shop in Chicago, the city the president calls home. He's coming back Thursday to raise money, a week after launching his campaign with an email and video. He's made only about a half a dozen visits to the city during his presidency. (Associated Press)
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"Why doesn't he show his birth certificate? The fact is, if he wasn't born in this country, he shouldn't be the president of the United States," Donald Trump, the billionaire developer, said in a CNN interview that aired Sunday. The Constitution requires that the president be a "natural-born citizen." (Associated Press)
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Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, said, "We've had to bring this president kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending." (Fox News via Associated Press)
