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 insiders see a campaign taking shape  —  Donor meetings, adviser sessions, staff lists — everyday looks more like a campaign.  —  NEW YORK — People around Joe Biden are increasingly convinced he'll run for president — and Thursday, he took the next step forward …

Clinton: Scott Walker is a tool of the Koch brothers  —  MILWAUKEE — Making her 2015 debut in Scott Walker's home state of Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton on Thursday unleashed her harshest and most extended diatribe yet against a Republican rival not named Donald Trump, accusing the governor …

Boehner: I might sue Obama over Iran deal  —  Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he might sue President Barack Obama again.  —  The Ohio Republican said Obama has not turned over the entirety of the Iran agreement for congressional review as mandated by law.  Boehner said legal action is “an option that's very possible.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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” …