Carly Fiorina will appear in top-tier CNN Reagan Library debate  — Thursday marked the close of the two-month window for determining eligibility based on averages of national polls  — 11 candidates will appear in the 8 p.m. debate, and five candidates will appear at the 6 p.m. event

Joe Biden's Late Show Appearance With Stephen Colbert Turns Emotional  —  Stephen Colbert's new comedy show was effectively preempted Thursday, its third day on the air, in favor of a wrenching, intimate conversation about love, loss and running for president between the comedian and Vice President Joe Biden …

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce she won't seek re-election  —  Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, beleaguered by the death of Freddie Gray and the protests and rioting that followed, will announce at 10 a.m. Friday that she won't seek re-election, her spokesman confirmed.

ISIL haunts 9/11 anniversary: Our view  —  14 years ago, Americans learned they can't ignore the terror of extremists.  —  Fourteen years ago, the United States suffered a shockingly successful surprise attack by a little known Islamic extremist group based 7,000 miles away in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Clinton's lead over Sanders shrinks as her edge over GOP vanishes  —  Poll: Sanders closes the gap with Clinton  — Clinton trails Ben Carson in a hypothetical general election match-up and runs about even with Jeb Bush and Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's lead in the race …

AT&T, JPMorgan Executives Look to Oust Garrett for Democrat  —  It could be a tough fall for Representative Scott Garrett.  —  Corporate and Wall Street donors have already been shying away from the New Jersey Republican since he reportedly made anti-gay remarks at a private gathering in July.

Will We Always Remember 9/11?  —  Soon after the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center towers 14 years ago, bumper stickers abounded in parallel with the nation's grief.  “Never Forget,” one proclaimed with great resolve.  “We Will Always Remember,” promised another.

FBI says ‘Australian IS jihadist’ is actually a Jewish American troll named Joshua Ryne Goldberg  —  A young Jewish American man has been charged with pretending to be an Australian-based Islamic State jihadist after a FBI joint investigation with the Australian Federal Police based on information provided by Fairfax Media.

California Senate OKs automatic voter registration plan  —  In response to the record-low turnout in the last election, the state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would automatically register to vote any eligible Californian who gets a driver's license unless they opt out.

Watchdog opened ‘criminal’ Abedin probe, but DOJ passed  —  Sources close to Hillary Clinton's former deputy chief of staff and current vice chairwoman for the campaign say the news actually exonerates her.  —  The State Department inspector general opened a “criminal investigation” …

Rep. Todd Courser resigns; Gamrat expelled by House  —  State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, resigned from the House if Representatives early Friday morning  —  LANSING — It took 14 hours, two failed votes and a day full of drama, but at 3:12 a.m. Friday, state Rep. Todd Courser resigned …

Huckabee says Dred Scott still ‘law of land’  —  Mike Huckabee on Thursday said the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to African-Americans is the law of the land.  —  Huckabee mentioned the Supreme Court decision as he defended Kentucky clerk Kim Davis's decision to defy …

NY Times Launches Its Jew-Tracker [Updated]  —  The New York Times today offers up a table examining the Democratic (but not Republican) Senators and House members opposed to Obama's Iran agreement, noting whether they are Jewish and the proportion of Jewish constituents in their state or district.