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 …

The world just changed forever, but you'd hardly know it from the media  —  It is now official.  On Thursday the Senate let the Iran deal go through - a deal that will forever change the landscape of the world in terrifying and unthinkable ways.  I need not enumerate how this collaboration with Iran …

9/11 anniversary: America remembers lives lost on one of its darkest days  —  (CNN)Bells will toll and tears will flow as the nation marks a dark day in sorrowful yet hopeful ceremonies.  —  Fourteen years ago today, terrorists hijacked passenger planes and rammed two into New York City's World Trade Center …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Pro-Clinton group: Maybe private server was actually safer  —  Days after Hillary Clinton finally acknowledged that using a private email server while secretary of State was “a mistake,” a super-PAC supporting her says it was actually the responsible, safe approach to data security.

Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision “Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land”  —  The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 14th Amendment.  —  While defending Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis's refusal to issue marriage licenses out of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage …

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” …