Boehner Urges G.O.P. Unity in ‘Epic Battle’  —  WASHINGTON — With his troops anxious for a way forward, Speaker John A. Boehner began a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Friday morning with a recitation of letters from local schoolchildren on how they deal with stress.

The Emerging Offer  —  It hasn't been announced, and you won't hear about it today, but the final volley of the fiscal impasse, at least for House Republicans, is already being brokered.  And according to my top sources — both members and senior aides — it won't end with a clean CR, or with a sprawling, 2011-style budget agreement.

Priests threatened with arrest if they minister to military during shutdown  —  In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or practice their faith on military bases during the federal government shutdown.  —  “With the government shutdown …

Democrats Plan to Discharge GOP Bill to End Shutdown (Updated)  —  Miller, right, is heading up a Democratic plan to end the government shutdown by bringing up a GOP measure through a discharge petition.  (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)  —  Updated: 3:13 p.m. |

THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS THE NSA'S SECRETS  —  Trawling for needles in the data haystack

Angola 3 member Herman Wallace died quietly in his sleep, friends say  —  New Orleans native, former Black Panther and member of the Angola Three Herman Wallace died Thursday night because of complications from liver cancer, friends and counsel confirmed Friday morning.

Tea Party's Ross Says Debt Worth Yielding on Obamacare  —  U.S. Representative Dennis Ross, a Florida Republican, said he would support a broad spending deal that didn't include changes to the health-care law, becoming the first Tea Party-backed House lawmaker to publicly back off the fight …

Man Found With Burns on Nat'l Mall in Critical Condition  —  The man may have set himself on fire, police said.  —  Park Police officials tell NBC Washington a man may have set himself on fire at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Friday afternoon.  —  The incident was reported around 4:30 p.m …

Attacking Tor: how the NSA targets users' online anonymity  —  Secret servers and a privileged position on the internet's backbone used to identify users and attack target computers  —  The online anonymity network Tor is a high-priority target for the National Security Agency.

Iran gets senior seat on UN nuclear disarmament committee  —  Israeli officials, Jewish groups assail decision; duties to include relaying disarmament information and reports.  —  NEW YORK - Hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu railed against Iran's nuclear program …

U.S. expected to be largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013  —  The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States will be the world's top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Source: Meds for mental disorders found in D.C. driver's home  —  Washington (CNN) — Authorities searching the home of a Connecticut woman who rammed barricades and led police on a chase near the U.S. Capitol found discharge papers from a 2012 mental health evaluation that listed prescriptions …