In Today’s Times
- President Obama’s visit to the Jersey Shore seven months after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the famous coastline made for good optics as he and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey appeared together, Michael D. Shear and Mark Leibovich report. For Mr. Obama it was a snapshot of a rare bipartisan partnership that has worked, and for Mr. Christie it was proof that he stands apart from the kind of ideological rigidity that could alienate large swaths of the Democratic-leaning electorate of New Jersey.
- Congressional Republicans are increasing pressure on the Obama administration over the handling of the September Benghazi attacks, this time by targeting several top aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton with subpoenas for information, Jeremy W. Peters reports.
- The White House is expected to name Jason Furman, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, as chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, Annie Lowrey writes. He is one of the last holdovers from the original Obama administration who helped manage the financial crisis and deep recession.
Around the Web
- A group of lawmakers has joined a mounting campaign urging the Washington Redskins football team to change its name, Politico reports. The representatives sent a letter to the team owner and other National Football League officials saying the name is “a racial, derogatory slur.â€
Happening in Washington
- A luncheon and panel discussion Wednesday about the impact of technology on women and democracy will include Madeleine K. Albright, the former secretary of state, and Tina Brown, the editor in chief of The Daily Beast.
