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Senate Agriculture Committee Plows Forward on Farm Bill

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday approved a five-year farm bill that reveals a new consensus on crop and nutrition policy, but it emerged over the objections of three Republican senators from the Plains—Pat Roberts of Kansas, Mike Johanns of Nebraska, and John Thune of South Dakota—who offered amendments on food stamps and commodities that [...]

Tsarnaev Without Tears: The Legal Way Forward

It’s hard to write more urgently, or more eloquently, than Emily Bazelon haswritten at Slate about the dubious ramifications of the decision late Friday to interrogate the Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without first informing him of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona. And my colleague David Graham has rightly focused upon Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) unhinged response – military detention for a U.S. citizen [...]

Tsarnaev Without Tears: The Legal Way Forward

It’s hard to write more urgently, or more eloquently, than Emily Bazelon haswritten at Slate about the dubious ramifications of the decision late Friday to interrogate the Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without first informing him of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona. And my colleague David Graham has rightly focused upon Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) unhinged response – military detention for a U.S. citizen [...]

Family, Friends Really Looking Forward To Next 9 Months Of Being Around Kobe Bryant

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Following the Lakers shooting guard’s surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon, Kobe Bryant’s family and friends told reporters Friday that they are really looking forward to spending the next nine months with the NBA s… The Onion Tweet This Post

Opinion: Immigration Reform Faces Hurdles, but Steadily Moves Forward

The debate over immigration reform may have been overshadowed by coverage of the sequester and Washington dysfunction, but the issue has hardly disappeared. In fact, the immigration reform bill is marching steadily forward. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten Kurdish defendants, including six former mayors, were released from jail on Tuesday in a trial of 175 people accused of links to militants, a further small step in Turkey's efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency. After more than three years in prison the defendants hugged family members as they emerged [...]

Colorado lawmakers move forward on new gun-control measures

DENVER (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled Colorado House of Representatives approved a package of strict gun-control measures late on Friday, in a state rocked by two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. After a marathon session that stretched late into the evening, the state House voted to advance the proposals with little support from [...]