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From left: President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, Illinois Democrat, meet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 13, 2011, regarding the debt ceiling. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (center), Kentucky Republican, is flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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A makeshift memorial was created for the victims of Saturday's triple-shooting in the 1400 block of Parkwood Place Northwest in the District. A recent crime wave has prompted calls for more street-level enforcement from police. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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President Obama sits with House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (second from right), Kentucky Republican, and Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Democrat, as he meets on July 13, 2011, with Republican and Democratic leaders regarding the debt ceiling in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (left), with Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona, said he no longer thinks a debt solution is possible "as long as this president is in the Oval Office." Mr. McConnell proposed a backup plan that would, in effect, let the president increase the nation's debt limit with only Democratic votes. (Associated Press)
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**FILE PHOTO ** The controversy over racial preferences in higher education admissions may lead colleges and universities to reexamine how to legally create racial diversity. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown talks with Ward 3 council member Mary M. Cheh during a legislative session Tuesday. She has proposed a bill that would use about $13 million in general funds to cover delayed out-of-state-bonds taxation. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** A group of committed AIDS activists and advocates spearheaded by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) protested Gilead Sciences outside its Foster City headquarters earlier today over Gilead's pricing and policies on its HIV/AIDS medications. (Photo: Business Wire)
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A vendor near the Alamo opens a umbrella to provide protection from the sun, Monday, July 11, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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"I don't think it's ever too late until the fat lady sings. What's needed for the country is at least a $4 trillion package," said Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairman, regarding his budget proposal. (Associated Press)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, here at an ASEAN summit in 2010, are expected to sign a bilateral agreement soon allowing intercountry adoptions to resume fully. It is said to be "nearing finalization." (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations on July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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A woman weakened by cholera symptoms is carried to the treatment center in Mirebalais, a town that is a one-hour drive north of Port-au-Prince. Cholera is relatively easy to treat if people can get help in time. A public health campaign has featured radio jingles and text messages to educate people about the disease. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, is the target of a lawsuit by an ex-aide who claims the congresswoman is not a true advocate for the disabled. The ex-aide, who has a vision disability, has filed suit. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press photographs Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain finished first over the weekend in a straw poll of conservative activists at a gathering in Henderson, Nev., with 24 percent of the vote. Mr. Cain is the former chief executive officer of the Godfather's pizza restaurant chain.
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"That's because you're taking a lot of people who are downtrodden in DC and shipping them out to Prince George's County. But poverty still follows people and where poverty is, crime's gonna follow." Joseph Harris, Silver Spring, welder
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Malaysian activists from Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) are seen through smoke of tear gas fired by riot police during a rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, July 9, 2011. Police fired tear gas and detained hundreds of activists as those demonstrators massed across Malaysia's main city demanding electoral reforms in the country's biggest political rally in years. The "Bersih" means "clean" in Malay. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, center, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2011, to charge the Obama Administration of political tactics that undermine pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. From left are: Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo.; Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz.; Hatch; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. (Associated Press)
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David Serrell, a Texas Workforce Commission supervisor, manages job seekers' time on computers at the Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas job resource center in Richardson, Texas, on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. (AP Photo/L.M. Otero)
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Drew Angerer/The Washington Times D.C. police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said she was “shocked” and “hurt” by complaints from the District's gay community.
