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3:20 PM ET, September 25, 2015

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Speaker John Boehner Will Resign From Congress  —  Mr. Boehner will step down next month, aides said, throwing Congress into chaos as it tries to avert a government shutdown.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner to resign in October  —  Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers on Friday he will resign at the end of October.  —  The embattled Ohio Republican will resign from both his Speakership and his House seat, he told GOP lawmakers at a closed-door conference meeting.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, under intense pressure from conservatives in his party, announced on Friday that he would resign one of the most powerful positions in government and give up his House seat at the end of October …
Lauren French / Politico:
Speaker John Boehner retiring from Congress at the end of October  —  <p>Embattled Speaker John Boehner, who rose from bartender's son to the most powerful man in Congress, will resign at the end of October, ending a tumultuous five-year tenure atop the House of Representatives.</p><p> Boehner …
Washington Post:
House Speaker John Boehner to resign at end of October  —  House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), faced with a constant conservative rebellion, told Republicans Friday morning that he will resign at the end of October, according to aides and lawmakers in a closed-door meeting.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Next For the House?  —  Speaker John Boehner's resignation reflects the fact that virtually every Republican in the United States is disappointed in the Congress.  With Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate, it is hard to point to any significant accomplishments in the last eight months.
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Slams GOP Leadership Over Boehner's Resignation  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had some fiery words for the Republican Party leadership Friday after news of Speaker John Boehner's resignation came down.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
House Speaker John Boehner's Survival Could Give a Win to Democrats
Discussion: Guardian
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Resignation triggers all-out leadership scramble
Discussion: The Hill
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
What John Boehner told me the night before he said he was quitting
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Sources: Boehner ally tried to recruit primary foe for Meadows
Discussion: Political Wire
USA Today:
Speaker John Boehner to resign from Congress
Nick Gass / Politico:
8 times Boehner expressed exasperation about his job
Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
Huntington Beach High Student Arrested for Allegedly Beating Visually Impaired Teen; Video of Incident Goes Viral  —  A male Huntington Beach High School student has been arrested after allegedly beating a visually impaired boy in an incident that was captured on video by a bystander, police announced Thursday.
Discussion: WGN-TV
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Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
Hero high school teen who defended blind classmate who was being beaten by a bully is SUSPENDED and kicked off football team  —  A California teenager who rushed to help a blind classmate being beaten up by a bully has been kicked off the football team.  —  The high school junior was hailed …
Melissa Chan / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Teen stands up for blind classmate, punches high school bully to ground (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE)  —  A California teenager is being hailed a hero after he rushed to the defense of a blind classmate and knocked a purported school bully to the ground.
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
Immigration group planned girl's pope encounter for a year  —  2 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophie Cruz's brief encounter with Pope Francis during his parade in Washington this week appeared to be the kind of spontaneous moment that is so endearing about this pope: an initially hesitant …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
What Does It Mean to Lament the Poor Inside Panem?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Oren Dorell / USA Today:   Pope Francis pushes world leaders at U.N. to protect environment
John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR/CNN poll: Trump continues to lead, Fiorina now second in New Hampshire  —  Rubio moves to third, followed closely by Carson, Bush, Kasich  —  After facing attacks in two debates and dealing with controversies almost daily, business executive Donald Trump has maintained a big lead in New Hampshire …
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Paula Dwyer / Bloomberg View:
Republican ‘Outsiders’ Are Mainly Mainstream
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Salon and The Week
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Email Inquiry Weighs if Aides Erred at ‘Send’  —  WASHINGTON — The email described a deteriorating situation in Libya, with snipers shooting people in the streets as rebels tried to unseat President Muammar el-Qaddafi and worried American diplomats in the midst of a “phased checkout” from Benghazi.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton vs. FOIA
Discussion: Power Line
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: Win black voters with aspiration, not ‘free stuff’  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Jeb Bush said here Thursday night that Republicans can win more African American voters by emphasizing a positive message that does not involve promising “free stuff,” a remark that bore echoes of comments by Mitt Romney that drew criticism in 2012.
Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Kentucky clerk in gay marriage dispute switches to Republican Party  —  A county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented them.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Dewey, Cheatem & Howe  —  Item: The C.E.O. of Volkswagen has resigned after revelations that his company committed fraud on an epic scale, installing software on its diesel cars that detected when their emissions were being tested, and produced deceptively low results.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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