In this edition of the Political Checklist, Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff discuss how a foreign affairs crisis like the popular revolt in Egypt forces a White House to change its script. This week, Woodruff reports, the White House hoped to focus on a theme from the State of the Union speech: winning the future through new jobs and government investment in innovation.
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The Egyptian opposition has come together as a united force after six days of bloody anti-government riots. The ex-chief of the International Atomic watchdog- Mohamed El-Baradei – is the man of choice to oust President Hosni Mubarak.
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Civil rights movement demands economic and political rights, pushes boycott and disinvestment campaign, may demand one person one vote
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Tens of thousands of people are on the streets of Cairo for a seventh day, defying the start of a curfew and calling for a general strike.

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A Ugandan gay rights activist whose name was published on a list of the nation’s “top homosexuals” was bludgeoned to death in his home near the capital.
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Egyptians awoke Saturday morning to the aftermath of Friday’s violent protests. President Hosni Mubarak’s regime is still there, but its authority has been openly flouted.
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs provides an update on actions the State Department is taking to ensure the welfare of U.S.
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Ezzeldin: Egyptian uprising is the product of years of worker’s strikes and student protests – now inspired by the Tunisian people
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Kevin Gallagher and Sarah Anderson call for Curbing Hot Capital Flows to Protect the Real Economy
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Phyllis Bennis: US supported states and regional domination shaken by people’s uprisings
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Mohammed Ezzeldin: The Egyptian people trust the army over the police, but Mubarak is still comander-in-chief.
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Video received by Al Jazeera on Monday afternoon showing several thousand demonstrators, largest crowd in days, massing in central Cairo after the army presence withdrew.
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White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
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Images of the thousands of Egyptian protesters that defied a curfew in the capital Cairo and other cities taken throughout the day.
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