Today’s Times
-  The Obama administration has decided to stop a court fight aimed at restricting over-the-counter availability of a popular morning-after contraceptive for women and girls of all ages, Michael D. Shear and Pam Belluck report. The decision was hailed by women’s reproductive rights groups as a significant moment in the battle for their cause, but it is also fraught with political repercussions for President Obama.
- Though he condemned the leak, President Obama endorsed the goal of a vigorous public discussion on the “trade-offs†between national security and personal privacy, Scott Shane and Jonathan Weisman report. But the legal and political obstacles to such a debate are formidable.
- Ashley Parker delves into some of the more complicated and controversial provisions expected to be offered for the most significant overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws in a generation.
- The Senate approved a farm bill on Monday that serves as a renewed attempt at passing legislation that will set food and agriculture programs and policy for a decade, Ron Nixon reports.
Around the Web
- Investigators have found widespread nepotism within the Energy Department, The Washington Post reports.
Happenings in Washington
- President Obama will host President Ollanta Humala of Peru for a diplomatic meeting at the White House. Afterward, Mr. Humala will head over to the Naval Observatory for lunch with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Later, Mr. Obama will host a White House screening for “The President’s Gatekeepers,†a documentary.
