Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus discusses the GOP’s new action plan to capture new voters. Israel prepares for a three-day visit from President Obama. Thomas Perez, President Obama’s nominee for Labor Secretary, faces opposition from Republicans over his work at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division. The US hopes an American pastor jailed in Iran will be pardoned during this week’s observance of the Persian New Year. Terms of a European bailout of Cyprus rattled global markets yesterday.