In Today’s Times
- Peter Baker delves into how President Obama’s re-election chances played into his decision to shift the nation’s approach on counterterrorism, a process that resulted in the changes the president announced last week.
- Mr. Obama plans to nominate three judges to the federal appeals court in Washington, despite facing roadblocks to confirmation in the Senate, where Republicans â€" who would rather eliminate the vacant seats at the court â€" wield enough power to stall or kill some nominations, Michael D. Shear writes.
- Despite partisan divisions among the justices of the Supreme Court, Adam Liptak finds evidence in recent rulings of a striking degree of harmony on the bench.
Happenings in Washington
- Economic reports expected Tuesday include home price indices for March and the first quarter at 9 a.m., followed at 10 a.m. by the consumer confidence index for May.
- At 9 a.m., Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, is scheduled to deliver remarks to a conference of physician assistants in Washington. She is expected to lay out strategies for meeting the needs of new patients entering the system under the new health care law.
- Starting at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court will begin issuing orders and opinions.
- The attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., will deliver keynote remarks to 70 new citizens at 11:15 a.m. during a special naturalization ceremony in the Justice Department.
- After touring areas of the New Jersey coastline still recovering from Hurricane Sandy, President Obama will return to the White House for a meeting with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at 4:30 p.m. in the Oval Office. At 5:30 p.m., he will speak at an event in the East Room for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
