Egyptian Attacks Are Escalating Amid Stalemate

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

The lethal conflict between Egypt’s military-backed government and its Islamist opponents grew on Monday, with an expansion of attacks against government targets.

Default Threat Generates Fear Around Globe

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Five years after a financial crisis in the United States helped spread a deep global recession, much of the world again fears collateral damage.

Veto Halts Bill for Jury Duty by Noncitizens in California

By JENNIFER MEDINA

After signing into law numerous measures praised by immigrants’ rights groups, Gov. Jerry Brown denied noncitizens what he called a “responsibility of citizenship.”

• Governor’s Letter to the California Assembly

A G.O.P. Moderate in the Middle ... of a Jam

By ASHLEY PARKER

Defying the party line, Representative Charlie Dent, Republican of Pennsylvania, is urging Speaker John A. Boehner to allow a vote on a budget bill without conditions.

Billions in Debt, Detroit Faces Millions in Bills for Bankruptcy

By MONICA DAVEY

Even as it wrestles with $18 billion in debt, the city has been charged more than $19.1 million by the firms and individuals hired to sort through the bankruptcy.

• DealBook: Worsening Debt Crisis Threatens Puerto Rico

In the Running

For a Skilled Fund-Raiser, Lhota Looks No Further Than Home

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

Tamra Roberts Lhota, the wife of Joseph J. Lhota, the Republican candidate for New York City mayor, says her husband would preserve the city’s quality of life.

Health Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash in Early Rush

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ROBERT PEAR

President Obama’s top technology adviser said the failure occurred in the part of the Web site that lets people create user accounts at the beginning of the insurance sign-up process.