Today’s Times
- Friday’s hearing on immigration legislation was nearly overshadowed by developments in the Boston bombing case, with one senior Republican saying that the approaching debate should take into account the revelation that the suspects had apparently emigrated to the United States, Ashley Parker and Michael D. Shear report.
- Even though the legislative debate in the Senate is over, victims’ advocates are regrouping and hoping to revive the gun bill, while pushing for new state laws and campaigning against politicians opposed to gun control, Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes.
- Over nearly four decades, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Judiciary Committee chairman, has complied an extensive resume of workmanlike accomplishments, but having the tasks of guiding the first major gun control legislation since 1994 and managing one of the broadest overhauls of American immigration law could define his legacy, Jonathan Weisman reports.
Weekly Address
- President Obama used this week’s address to speak on the bombing that happened in Boston on Monday, telling listeners that “Americans refuse to be terrorized.†He thanked the police officers, firefighters and E.M.T.’s who ran toward danger to help their fellow citizens, and the doctors and nurses who worked to save lives. “If anyone wants to know who we are; what America is; how we respond to evil and terror - that’s it,†he said. “Selflessly. Compassionately. And unafraid.â€
 Happenings in Washington
- The Epilepsy Foundation will hold the National Walk for Epilepsy near the grounds of the Washington Monument on Saturday.
- Â The National Archives will partner with the International Spy Museum for a book fair on Saturday at the National Archives Building with books related to spying and espionage.
