D.C. prepares to walk fine line on deportations

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray assured immigrant groups Monday that the District is doing all it can to make sure a program aimed at deporting violent aliens does not erode trust between residents and law enforcement after it goes into effect on Tuesday.

Forest Service hit for Border Patrol call

A federal department ruled last week that the Forest Service violated a Spanish-speaking woman's civil rights by calling the Border Patrol to help translate during a routine stop, saying it was "humiliating" to Hispanics and an illicit backdoor way to capture more illegal immigrants.

McMahon wrestles establishment for GOP Senate nomination prize

Establishment Republicans in Washington are rallying around former Rep. Christopher Shays in his bid to become the party's Senate nominee in Connecticut this fall, arguing that he is the party's best chance to seize the seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Laundry list California ballot has Feinstein, 23 others

California voters can head to the movies Tuesday to watch "Snow White and the Huntsman," or turn up at the ballot box to see something not much different: "Dianne Feinstein and the 23 Dwarfs."

Seniors connecting with Internet technology

It's the ultimate challenge in Internet dating - getting senior citizens hooked up with the Web. Connected Living is one company trying to teach seniors, many with limited Internet experience, how to log on, use social media and connect to families and the outside world.

Barack on Broadway: 3 fundraisers tonight

The unemployment rate is up, but the neon lights are still bright for President Obama on Broadway. He knows there's always magic — and campaign cash — in the air.

Labor has much on line in Walker recall vote

While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made his initial mark in office with polarizing anti-union measures, organized labor says its fight to oust the Republican from office is much larger than just his curtailing its collective-bargaining rights.

Nats' Flores making his way back to his old form

After almost three years of pain and questions about his right shoulder that used to feel like it was burning inside, all Jesus Flores wanted was an opportunity to prove he could play every day. "This is the chance," the 27-year-old Washington Nationals' catcher says. "This is the opportunity."

Inside the Beltway: The Wisconsin spectacle

The media will chronicle the drama, activists will crowd the streets — but Wisconsin's recall election Tuesday could backfire for those pining to wrest Gov. Scott Walker from his office.

Maryland Assembly may take bite out of ruling on pit bulls

The Maryland General Assembly could consider legislation that would soften the impact of an April court ruling classifying pit bulls as "inherently dangerous" in the latest of several recent cases that have highlighted the checks and balances between the state's legislative and judicial branches.

Officials: Canadian body-parts murder suspect arrested in Berlin

A 29-year-old Canadian porn actor accused of videotaping a killing and mailing the victim's body parts to the country's top political parties has been arrested in Germany, officials in both countries said Monday.

Irate financier spurs shake-up of Chesapeake Energy board

Just weeks after taking a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp., activist shareholder Carl Icahn has helped orchestrate a shake-up at the nation's second-biggest natural-gas producer.

A mixed close on Wall Street as calm returns

Calm returned to the stock market Monday after a spasm of fearful selling last week. Major indexes closed mixed after trading modestly lower for most of the day.

Attorney: George Zimmerman was confused, fearful

The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin was confused and fearful when he and his wife misled court officials about their finances during an April bond hearing that allowed him to be released from jail, his attorney said Monday.

Obama campaign committee sues store over logo use

President Obama's re-election campaign is suing a website that sells T-shirts, bumper stickers and buttons with the campaign's signature "O'' logo, claiming the store is infringing on its trademark.

U.N. nuclear officials to meet with Iranians

The U.N. nuclear agency chief on Monday announced new talks with Iran and urged it to sign a deal that would relaunch his long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran worked secretly on atomic arms.

Commentary

BOLTON: Baghdad dreaming

Having apparently learned nothing from 10 years of futile negotiations with Iran, President Obama seemed perilously close late last month to yet another deal purportedly making "progress" eliminating the ayatollahs' nuclear weapons program.

DEAN: Dangerous misreading of the Constitution

Around the end of this year, the government of the United States of America will run out of money. Again. By running out of money, we mean govern- ment will exhaust its ability to borrow more money without going back to Congress to increase the amount of the debt it is authorized to carry. Right now, the government is authorized to borrow $16.4 trillion, but that is not enough. Because the government is borrowing about 40 cents of every dollar it spends on its day-to-day operations, it can be expected to run out of money pretty regularly. In fact, we went through this fiscal farce just last summer. Like a tired rerun, it is back again.

DECKER: Back to the future in Beijing

The Chinese government celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in predictable fashion: by rounding up political dissidents. The occasion marks the days 23 years ago this week when Communist Party leaders in Beijing sent tanks into the main square of the capital and other cities to crush pro-democracy protesters, killing thousands. Propaganda aside, not much has changed on the human-rights front in the Middle Kingdom.

MILLER: Buried by Obamacare bills

President Obama promised his health care reform law would save money and reduce costs. It wasn't true then; it's certainly not true now. Lower- and middle-class Americans already have seen their premiums go up. They feel the pinch from taxes on everything from a wheelchair to a bottle of aspirin. While waiting for the Supreme Court to rescue us from this disaster, Congress needs to provide relief.