In Today’s Times:
The 13-hour filibuster led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has exposed a deep divide among Republicans over the president’s drone policy. Richard W. Stevenson and Ashley Parker write that “by the time the Senate adjourned for the weekend, a Republican Party that had long assailed Mr. Obama as a leader who would turn a war on terrorism into a police action with Miranda rights for suspects had shown itself to be sharply divided over whether the president had instead grabbed too much power and was risking violating the Constitution in his efforts to keep the nation safe.â€
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is set to go on trial in New York after he was charged with conspiracy to kill Americans. Discussing the case, MarkMazzetti and William K. Rashbaum write that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former spokesman for Al Qaeda who is married to one of Bin Laden’s daughters, could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg profiles an emerging guard of Latino leaders who are using their wealth, education and fame to tap the Latino electorate for campaign cash and political clout.
President Obama is waging a campaign to woo Republicans into a productive partnership, but Jeremy W. Peters writes that wining and dining with lawmakers might not help to overcome stark ideological differences about what the size and scope of government should be.
After a series of protracted fiscal fights, President Obama is late submitting his 2014 budget proposal to Congress just as President Ronald Reagan was under similar circumstances in 1988. But Jackie Calmes writes that whereas Democrats were sympathetic to Mr. Reagan, Republicans are decidedly impatient with Mr. Obama.
A Senate race in Michigan will be an open contest after Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat, announced that he would not seek re-election in 2014 for a seventh term. Jennifer Steinhauer writes that while Mr. Levin’s decision leaves Republicans more areas of attack in their effort to take back the Senate, they do not do so well in Michigan’s statewide races.
Around the Web:
In an opinion article for The Washington Post, former President Bill Clinton saysit is time for the Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act that he signed into law.
The State Department is rethinking whether to give the International Women of Courage Award to an Egyptian activist amid a row over messages sent from her Twitter account that were deemed anti-Semitic and supportive of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to The Associated Press.
Happening in Washington:
Economic reports expected Friday include employment data for February at 8:30 a.m., followed by wholesale trade inventories for January at 10:00 a.m.
Also at 10, a Federal District Court in Washington will hear oral arguments in Al Shimari v. CACI. The lawsuit was brought by four Iraqi torture victims against a private government contractor whom the v! ictims ac! cuse of participating in interrogations at Abu Ghraib.
The remains of sailors who died when the warship Monitor sank in 1862 will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony that begins at 11 a.m.
At 11:15 a.m., Mr. Obama will meet with religious leaders to discuss immigration reform.
Michelle Obama will deliver keynote remarks at a conference focused on childhood obesity at 1:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., she will join Secretary of State John F. Kerry to honor the nine recipients of the International Women of Courage Award.
