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9:45 AM ET, September 22, 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.

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

How Scott Walker became an asterisk — Before there was Donald Trump or Ben Carson or Carly Fiorina, there was Scott Walker — a defiant outsider who portrayed himself as the regular-guy champion of the GOP's burn-the-Beltway base.After a promising start last winter …

Discussion: Political Wire, National Review, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg Business

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Scott Walker's own limitations did him in — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — It's easy to say Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican presidential race because he ran out of money. But he ran out of money because of his own limitations as a candidate — limitations that have been in plain sight for quite a while.

Discussion: The Atlantic and Betsy's Page

Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:

Scott Walker Drops Out Of The Republican Primary Race — In a speech on Monday evening, Walker said he felt he was being “called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field.” He encouraged fellow Republicans …

Discussion: Hit & Run and Business Insider

ABC News:
Walker Drops Out of Presidential Race, Slamming Trump

Discussion: Towleroad

Brian Mahoney / Politico:
Labor tap-dances on Walker's political grave

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Times: Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Presidential Race

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Walker quits after blowing through campaign cash

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Hit & Run

John DiStaso / WMUR:
Scott Walker state co-chair Cliff Hurst backs Marco Rubio

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New York Times:
Scott Walker Ends His 2016 Presidential Run

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Union-Buster Scott Walker Goes Bust

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Washington Post:
Scott Walker suspends presidential campaign

Discussion: NBC News, National Review and BarbWire.com

Katie Pavlich / The Hill:

A kid, a clock, and the death of ‘See something, say something’ — Last week, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed by police at his Irving, Texas, high school after a teacher suspected a science project he brought to class — a homemade clock — could have been a bomb.

Avi Selk / Irving Blog:

Family: Ahmed withdraws from Irving ISD, eyes trips to United Nations and Mecca — Ahmed Mohamed and his family spoke with the media about the homemade clock he built, being suspended from MacArthur High School and accepting an invitation to the White House during a press conference at his house on September 16.

Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:

I wanted to get back to answering questions tonight sent in by you guys. Remember, you can send in your questions via email by sending it to AskBen@BenCarson.com. — Before I get started, I wanted to thank the hundreds of thousands of you that sent birthday greetings. I was touched and deeply appreciative.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Thoughts on a Dumb Conversation

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

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

US sees ‘surprising’ spike in border crossings — The United States saw a spike last month in the number of unaccompanied minors and families illegally crossing the southern border, the White House said Monday. — “We have seen, just in the last month, in the month of August, a surprising uptick …

Discussion: CNN and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Apple Speeds Up Electric-Car Work — Consumer-Electronics Maker Aims to Finalize First Vehicle in 2019 — Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a “committed project” and setting a target ship date for 2019, according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: USA Today, CNBC, Daily Mail, The Hill, Tech Times, Consumerist, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Index, VentureBeat and The Verge

Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:

Bill Clinton Warned About Hillary's ‘Discomfort’ With Gay Rights During 2000 Senate Race — Bill Clinton confessed to a close friend that Hillary Clinton was not comfortable “around gay people who were kind of acting out” during her 2000 Senate race, according to audio recordings obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, Mediaite, Townhall.com, BuzzFeed and Hot Air

New York Post:
Hillary's latest excuse: ‘There is no evidence’

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Meg Cahill / AEI:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to receive 2015 AEI Irving Kristol Award — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, DC (September 22, 2015) — American Enterprise Institute (AEI) president Arthur C. Brooks announced today that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will receive …

Discussion: Power Line

CBS Denver:

Advocacy Group: Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led To ‘Epidemic’ For Colorado Kids — DENVER (CBS4) - The results of a new study about the impact of Colorado's marijuana legalization is raising troubling questions for parents. The study cites a significant increase in marijuana-related traffic deaths …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and RT

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Biden insiders feel Clinton stalking — Joe Biden isn't running for president yet, but Hillary Clinton's already running against him.Clinton and her aides have their line—the vice president deserves the time and space to decide, they repeat over and over and over …

Coral Davenport / New York Times:

Senate Democrats to Unveil Climate Change Bill — WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday plan to unveil a measure intended to signal their full-throated support of President Obama's aggressive climate change agenda to 2016 voters and to the rest of the world.

Discussion: Political Wire

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: Fox News, Moe Lane, Mediaite, RT, Washington Free Beacon, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and Twitchy

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

Discussion: Washington Post

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

WATCH: Ex-hedge funder who hiked AIDS pill cost by 5,500 percent says drug ‘still underpriced’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Appearing on Bloomberg TV, the CEO of a pharmaceutical company that recently hiked the price of a drug used for critically ill infants and AIDS patients …

Discussion: Pharyngula, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Daily Kos