* Administration projects the cost of rebuilding New Orleans levees will be $10 billion, triple the previous estimate. Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D): “This means that, just two months before hurricane season, the Corps of Engineers informs us they cannot ensure even the minimum safety of southeastern Louisiana. This is totally unacceptable.” [WP]
* Bush, in Cancun with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aims to rebuild trust and find “move forward” on immigration. Bush: “We don’t want people sneaking into our country who are going to do jobs Americans don’t want. We want them coming in an orderly way.” [WP, NYT, USAT, AP]
* Pentagon will test the “largest single explosive we could imagine” –a bunker-busting 700-ton explosive– at the Nevada Test Site. [WP]
* Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner says restructuring of intelligence agencies is not an improvement. [WP]
* Immigration issue divides Democrats and organized labor. [WP]
* Senate begins arduous task of debating immigration legislation. [W$J, NYT]
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It’s Ladies Week on the DC book tour circuit, as there are a number of biographical-y things about important historical events that one wouldn’t necessarily equate with certain obscure ladies who were actually quite integral, in these important historical events. For instance, the New Deal. And “liberty,” as a concept. Also special guest appearances by your Congressman Chris Van Hollen and moderately popular Newseum exhibit Cokie Roberts. MORE »