People drink coffee under cherry blossoms as the sun rises along the Tidal Basin in Washington, April 7, 2013.
- Boston After the Bombs: the Struggle to Return to Normal
- Denis Lehane’s “Messing with the Wrong City.”
- Richard DesLauriers: FBI Special Agent in charge of finding the Boston bomber.
- David Ignatius’ “Limits of intelligence.”
- Immigration reform to be put forth by Senate’s Gang of Eight today. Toomey-Manchin gun control vote will also hit the Senate floor. Both face new hurdles.
- Boston affects policy debate:
- Representative Steve King of Iowa says Congress should be cautious now about rushing immigration reform.
- House Democrats think that the bombing proves Congress should repeal the sequester
- Washington Post poll: 23% of Americans believe the Republican Party is “in touch with the concerns of most people in the United States today.”
- America must atone for torture.
- Letter laced with poison addressed to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker.
- London pauses to mourn Margaret Thatcher.
- Tracking income inequality in New York by subway station.