Our director, Sonia Silbert, and our three interns (Hazal, Maya and Ramah) are attending the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit. We will be posting our thoughts on the workshops we attend throughout the week!

WASHINGTON—The White House said budget director Peter Orszag, one of the most visible members of President Barack Obama's economic team, will be leaving his post this summer.

Peter Orszag, the White House's budget director and one of the most visible members of Obama's economic team, plans to leave his post in July. David Wessel and Neal Lipschutz discuss.

Mr. Orszag, the most senior official to leave the Obama administration, will step down in July, two administration officials said.

Officials close to Mr. Orszag noted that he had served nearly four stressful years in similar posts, first as director of the Congressional Budget Office, then as Mr. Obama's first director of the Office of Management and Budget.

This from today’s Wall Street Journal: In a letter sent Sunday to U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson, BP said it expects to have the capacity to capture between 40,000 and 53,000 barrels of oil a day by the end of June. That compares with 15,000 barrels a day now, out of a flow of 20,000 to 40,000 barrels scientists estimate are coming from the well.