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6:35 PM ET, September 21, 2015

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Scott Walker Quits 2016 Presidential Field — ALEXANDER BURNS, PATRICK HEALY AND TRIP GABRIEL — Short of support and cash, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, saying he had been “called to lead by helping to clear the field,” announced Monday that he was suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

New York Times:

Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Presidential Race — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination and plans to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Discussion: Business Insider, Index and The PJ Tatler

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Scott Walker Mounts a Last Stand in Iowa — It's been a thrilling—and harrowing—roller coaster ride for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. — First, the Republican presidential candidate suddenly rose and broke from the pack with a well-received speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit in January …

Discussion: Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, National Review and Business Insider

Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:

Scott Walker Drops Out of 2016 Republican Presidential Race, Slamming Trump — Shares- — Play

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Eli Stokols / Politico:

Walker expected to end campaign — Scott Walker plans to suspend his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday night, according to several sources. The announcement, scheduled for 5 p.m. Central Time in Madison, comes on the heels of a new CNN poll that showed …

Discussion: Hit & Run

Washington Post:
Scott Walker suspending presidential campaign

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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Gov. Scott Walker quitting GOP race

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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Scott Walker 2016 presidential campaign in crisis after plunge in polls

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Savanna Tomei / WKOW 27:
Walker at 0% in new national poll

Discussion: The Mahablog, Democratic Strategist, Washington Post and Washington Monthly

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

Thoughts on a Dumb Conversation — So we are now in day four of the “Muslim” conversation started when Donald Trump didn't respond to a trollish question about Muslims at a town hall. A few thoughts. — 1. Donald Trump is probably right that he has no “moral obligation” to defend Barack Obama.

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House slams Carson's ‘offensive views’ on Muslims

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Des Moines Register:
Cruz: Excluding Muslims from presidency is unconstitutional

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NBC News:
Ben Carson's Campaign Responds to Outrage Over Comments on Islam

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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Despite backlash, Ben Carson is not backing down from his opposition to a Muslim president

Discussion: Mediaite, National Review, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo, Booman Tribune and Daily Kos

edwardklein.com:

OBAMA READY TO ENDORSE BIDEN—WITH CONDITIONS — The talk in Democratic Party circles is that Barack Obama has told Joe Biden that he is prepared to endorse him for president if, in return, Biden promises to let Obama have a final say in the choice of his vice presidential running mate.

Discussion: NewsMax.com, CNN, BizPac Review, Mock Paper Scissors, Israel Matzav, The Moderate Voice, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Moe Lane

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Poll: Clinton's lead over Sanders grows — If Joe Biden doesn't enter the race, Clinton's lead would grow to nearly 2-to-1 over Bernie Sanders — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown — and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay …

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NBC News:
Trump Effect: GOP Rhetoric Turns Toxic as Race Heats Up

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Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:

Cancer-stricken children, parents ejected from park near White House — The U.S. Secret Service ordered hundreds of parents and their cancer-stricken children out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night, barricading the park for at least two hours and disrupting the group's plans for a candlelight vigil …

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Washington Post:

Secret Service chief apologizes for how group of cancer-stricken kids was treated — The head of the Secret Service apologized for how a group of children suffering from cancer and their supporters were treated after they said they were pushed out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night.

Discussion: Mediaite

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo: Secret Service Apologizes For Kicking Cancer-Stricken Kids Out Of DC Park

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:

Planned Parenthood called to testify — The House Oversight Committee plans to call Planned Parenthood to a hearing on the undercover videos one day before the government is due to run out of money, according to Democrats on the committee. Democratic members are demanding that David Daleiden …

Discussion: Red Alert Politics and Daily Kos

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP braces for Pope Francis

Discussion: Washington Post and FishbowlDC

Manu Raju / CNN:
The Pope vs. the GOP

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Jake Sherman / Politico:
‘Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage’

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News and The Daily Signal

Stan Collender / Politico:
The Odds of a Shutdown Spike

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Daily Mail:

David Cameron's debauchery laid bare in Lord Ashcroft's book Call Me Dave — Today we lift the lid on the extraordinary feud between David Cameron (left) and a billionaire Tory donor that has triggered the most explosive political biography of the decade. In the dynamite book …

Discussion: Guardian, The Independent, Spectator, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider, Vocativ and Metro.co.uk

Daily Mail:
Drugs, debauchery and the making of an extraordinary Prime Minister: For years rumours have dogged him.

Discussion: Guardian, The Daily Banter, Entertain This!, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Mashable and Boing Boing

Associated Press:

Court Suspends Pennsylvania Attorney General's Law License — Shares-

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and National Review

Bobby Doherty / New York Magazine:

Far from destroying our democracy, he's exposing all its phoniness and corruption in ways as serious as he is not. And changing it in the process. — As the summer of Donald Trump came to its end — and the prospect of a springtime for Trump no longer seemed like a gag …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune

Andrew Pollack / New York Times:

A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug's Price Raises Protests — Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection.

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Todd Nickerson / Salon:

I'm a pedophile, but not a monster — I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen? — I was born without my right hand. As a child, this deformity quickly set me apart from my peers.

Discussion: National Review, The Other McCain and Twitchy