AP - President Barack Obama says he's not responsible for how other countries defend religious freedoms but added the United States would never tell people what they can wear to express their faith.

Time.com - The President's latest overseas trip began with a mission to increase international cooperation and ended at a monument to what such common purpose can achieve

AP - Senior Justice Department lawyers in 2005 sought to limit tough interrogation tactics against terror suspects, but were overruled.

AP - Washington is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to build new, cleaner-burning buses, but don't scour the want ads looking for a burst of job openings soon at major manufacturers or suppliers.

Politico - Arlen Specter makes his debut in front of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

AP - In a June 5 story about the International Atomic Energy Agency probe of the nuclear programs of Syria and Iran, The Associated Press erroneously cited the Institute for Science and International Security as saying Iran could make two nuclear weapons within eight months at its present rate of uranium enrichment.

AP - President Barack Obama is paying tribute to D-Day veterans, including one who visited the Normandy cemetery on the eve of the invasion's 65th anniversary and then died.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton says that if the phone rings at 3 a.m. at the White House, she's certain that President Barack Obama will know what to do.

Politico - Obama sets new expectations for his presidency that go beyond spreading hope and will require real results.

AP - Poland on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's first pilgrimage to his homeland, unveiling a giant cross monument in central Warsaw in honor of the late Polish-born pontiff.

AFP - President Barack Obama on Sunday wrapped up a Middle East and Europe tour steeped in history and intense diplomacy, confident he has cleared the 'debris' thwarting US relations with the Muslim world.

AP - Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says that President Barack Obama 'got nerve' to go sightseeing in Paris while telling lawmakers it's time to deliver on a health care overhaul.

AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it will take more than a president alone to achieve the change needed for the U.S. to compete with China and India.

CQPolitics.com - Freshmen Sens. Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Jim Risch of Idaho are the only two Senate candidates to survive the Republican Party's abysmal showing in last year's elections.

Reuters - Indiana pension funds and consumer groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to stop the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

AP - Hezbollah and its allies sought to unseat a pro-Western coalition in Lebanese elections Sunday that could present an early test of President Barack Obama's efforts to forge Middle East peace.

Politico - She says “consequences and costs” are on table.

AP - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai launched a three-week trip to the West on Sunday saying he is seeking re-engagement, not touring with a 'begging bowl' asking for aid.

Reuters - Voters punished several national governments battling the global economic downturn and domestic crises in a European Parliament election, exit polls showed on the final day of voting on Sunday.

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday that he will not walk away despite 'testing times' as his embattled Labour party braced for a drubbing in EU elections.

AP - From Lebanese guerrillas to Saudi preachers, Islamic extremists have warned followers not to be taken in by President Barack Obama's conciliatory words — a sign that some may be nervous about losing support if animosity toward the U.S. fades.

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's loyalists and detractors fought over his future Sunday as the party that has ruled the U.K. for the past 12 years braced for a stinging rebuke in EU parliamentary elections.

AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday to fight on despite 'testing times' as his Labour party braced for an expected drubbing in EU Parliament elections.

AFP - The US first family played tourist in Paris with a packed weekend schedule of art, food, sightseeing and shopping squeezed in at the end of President Barack Obama's whirlwind diplomatic tour.

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan_Pakistani tribesmen, enraged by a suicide bombing of a mosque in their district, organized a traditional militia and attacked Taliban extremists this weekend -- an action that government officials welcomed and western allies are likely to endorse.

McClatchy Newspapers - PARIS_Speaking before crowds, President Barack Obama has displayed a gift for bonding personally with his listeners. One-on-one with foreign leaders, it seems to be all business all the time.

McClatchy Newspapers - BEIRUT - Lebanon's ruling pro-Western coalition appeared headed for a decisive political victory over its Iranian-backed Hezbollah rivals early Monday in the Middle East nation's most fiercely contested parliamentary election in decades.

Politico - Sarah Palin’s on-again, off-again appearance at Monday night’s gala GOP fundraising dinner is off — again.

AP - The Obama administration wants help from U.S. allies and possibly China to cut off North Korean shipments that may be carrying nuclear technology or other weapons.

AP - Paris' mayor has conferred a certificate of honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama, in a move that could further strain France's relations with China.

AFP - The administration of US President Barack Obama plans to announce that it had allowed some of the country's largest banks to repay billions of dollars they had received in federal aid to forestall the effect of a financial crisis, The Washington Post has reported.