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4:50 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:
House Speaker, John Boehner, 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 …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
What John Boehner told me the night before he said he was quitting  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights … It was late Thursday at the Capitol and the crowds had gone.  Outside of House Speaker John A. Boehner's suite, the halls were empty and silent …
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.
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
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.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Resignation triggers all-out leadership scramble
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
House Speaker John Boehner's Survival Could Give a Win to Democrats
Discussion: Guardian
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Boehner move all but assures no shutdown
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg.com news
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Sources: Boehner ally tried to recruit primary foe for Meadows
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
Officials: More work emails from Clinton's private account  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has discovered a chain of emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to turn over when she provided what she said was the full record of work-related correspondence as secretary of state …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton vs. FOIA
Discussion: Power Line
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
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.
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
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Rubio: Establishment has tried to ‘undermine’ me
Discussion: Politico and Washington Monthly
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Pope Francis to Release Pop-Rock Album ‘Wake Up!’  —  Hear uplifting, prog rock-inspired track, “Wake Up!  Go!  Go!  Forward!”  —  As Pope Francis embarks on his historic visit to the United States, His Holiness will spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up! this November.
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 Flitter / Reuters:
Exclusive: Joe Biden backers hiring staff in more states in hopes of 2016 run  —  A group of Joe Biden supporters trying to build momentum for a White House run by the vice president is hiring paid staff in about a dozen crucial primary states.  —  The political action committee backing the vice president …
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Adrienne Cutway / Orlando Sentinel:
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Chief Justice Roberts' record isn't conservative enough for some activists
Discussion: Hit & Run
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
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