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2:00 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.
Speaker.gov:
Statement by House Speaker John Boehner  —  Speaker Boehner's Press Office  —  WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement:
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
The Hill:
Boehner, GOP settle on strategy to prevent Oct. 1 shutdown  —  Top House Republicans hope to convince their members to keep the government open by using a fast-track process known as reconciliation to try to defund Planned Parenthood.  —  House Republican leaders are planning …
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
House Speaker John Boehner's Survival Could Give a Win to Democrats  —  Another crisis approaches the House GOP  —  John Boehner has spent much of his speakership like a cat on a hot tin roof, bouncing back and forth between the establishment and fiery Tea Partiers.
Discussion: Guardian
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Sources: Boehner ally tried to recruit primary foe for Meadows
Nick Gass / Politico:
8 times Boehner expressed exasperation about his job
USA Today:
Speaker John Boehner to resign from Congress
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.
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Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
Huntington Beach High Student Arrested for Allegedly Beating Visually Impaired Teen; Video of Incident Goes Viral
Discussion: WGN-TV
Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
Hero high school teen who defended blind classmate who was being beaten by a bully is SUSPENDED …
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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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Eclipses Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Poll
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Towleroad
John Hinderaker / Power Line:   Multiple Candidates Have a Path to the Presidency; Hillary Is Not One of Them [Updated]
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.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Rubio: Establishment has tried to ‘undermine’ me  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said on Thursday night that the GOP establishment has harassed him at every stage of his political career, digging in on his claim to be a party outsider.  —  Rubio argued in Davenport, Iowa …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Monthly
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Obama raises trade, human rights in Xi's welcome  —  Amid the pomp of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit welcome, President Obama took a brief moment Friday morning to acknowledge the ongoing trade discrepancies and human rights disagreements between the two countries.
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg Business
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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