Congress clears $662B defense bill

WASHINGTON — Con­gress passed a mas­sive $662 bil­lion defense bill Thurs­day after months of wran­gling over how to han­dle cap­tured ter­ror sus­pects with­out vio­lat­ing Amer­i­cans’ con­sti­tu­tional rights. A last-minute com­pro­mise pro­duced a truce, but law­mak­ers said the fight is not yet over.