Politics

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President Obama signs the Iran Sanctions Bill imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country's continuing ambitions to become a nuclear power, Thursday, July 1, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says deep-water drilling must be suspended until investigators can determine a cause for the April 20 explosion that led to millions of barrels of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico, a problem that is ongoing. (Associated Press)

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INDEBTED: D.C. council member Michael A. Brown says he is close to paying off his IRS bill. (The Washington Times)

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ONE AMONG SCORES: A Ugandan man is being treated for his injuries at a hospital after twin terrorist attacks killed 74 World Cup viewers and injured many more in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Al-Shabaab, which has pledged loyalty to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. (Associated Press)

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Garbage burns through the night in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where about 80 percent of the buildings were destroyed. Government officials cannot say where they will get the $100 million pledged for reconstruction. (Associated Press)

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South Koreans visit the wreckage of a warship that the government says was sunk by a North Korean torpedo in March. North Korean military officers and an American-led U.N. Command will discuss the sinking of the ship on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS NUCLEAR FORCE: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can use the Yucca Mountain issue to remind voters of his clout.

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Associated Press Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White speaks at the National Council of La Raza luncheon Monday in San Antonio. Mr. White has been canvassing off the beaten track, and promises to "shoot straight with people."

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Marco Rubio, a Republican hopeful for Florida's U.S. Senate seat, has had impressive success, partly because of his grass-roots fundraising prowess. His campaign reports it now has more than 75,000 donors who have given less than $86 each.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican fundraising breakfast Monday for Iowa congressional candidate Brad Zaun in Des Moines, Iowa. The former U.S. House speaker says he is pondering a run for the presidency and will announce his decision early next year.

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Members of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team wait in New York's Times Square for their travel visas. The players cannot fly to England for the World Lacrosse Championship because the U.S. government won't allow them to re-enter the country on Iroquois Confederacy passports. (Associated Press)

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In this June 23, 2010, file photo Michael Bromwich, who now heads the government agency that oversees offshore drilling, the Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, left, is seen with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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** FILE ** French-born film director Roman Polanski waves during a media presentation in Berlin. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, File)

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** FILE ** U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus (left) meeting with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani army chief, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, July 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)

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** FILE ** Trucks carrying supplies to coalition forces burn after hundreds of people blocked a main road and set them on fire to protest what they said were civilian deaths in NATO operations in Logar province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammed Obaid Ormur, File)

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In this April 12, 2010, file photo top administration counter-terror deputy John Brennan addresses reporters during a briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, right, in Washington. The Obama administration's recent move to drop references to Islamic radicalism in order to build relations with Muslim nations is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. Explaining the shift, Mr. Brennan said terror leaders "play into the false perception that they are religious leaders defending a holy cause, when in fact they are nothing more than murderers, including the murder of thousands upon thousands of Muslims." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)