Today’s Times
- Though Jim DeMint, a former Republican senator, helped squelch a previous attempt at overhauling the immigration laws, his one-time protégé, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, is now leading the charge on the issue, Ashley Parker reports.
- Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports on an annual poll by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University that documents what analysts see as a troubling trend: the declining idealism of youth, which is being replaced by a mistrust of government and a growing partisan divide among voters under 30.
- President Obama announced on Monday that he would nominate Anthony R. Foxx to be the next transportation secretary, to succeed Ray LaHood as manager of the nation’s roads, bridges and airports, Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear report.
Around the Web
-  A resolution from Representative Barbara Lee of California, and a dozen other Democrats warns that climate change could lead vulnerable women with limited socioeconomic resources to “sex work†and “transactional sex,†The Hill reports.
Happenings in Washington
- Mr. Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are expected to announce employment-related news concerning veterans and military spouses in the East Room of the White House.
- Later, Mr. Biden will attend an event for his son, Beau Biden, the Delaware attorney general, in Washington.
