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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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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 …
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John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress — WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, an Ohio barkeeper's son who rode a conservative wave to one of the highest positions in government, said Friday he would relinquish his gavel and resign from Congress, undone by the very Republicans who swept him into power.
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Boehner move all but assures no shutdown — <p>The odds of a government shutdown just got very low.</p><p>Speaker John Boehner's stunning announcement Friday that he would resign from Congress quiets concerns that federal agencies will shut their doors after Sept. 30, freeing the speaker …
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Resignation triggers all-out leadership scramble — <p>Speaker John Boehner's resignation has set off an intense round of jockeying for all four House leadership slots, setting up what's expected to be a hypercompetitive internal party battle in the middle of a key stretch of the legislative session …
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Ted Cruz Slams GOP Leadership Over Boehner's Resignation
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Boehner, GOP settle on strategy to prevent Oct. 1 shutdown
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Trump on Boehner resignation: 'It's a good thing'
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House Speaker John Boehner's Survival Could Give a Win to Democrats
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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.
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Holy water: U.S. Rep. Brady helps himself to pope's glass — THE HEAVENS may know that Pope Francis on Thursday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, a glass of water by his side. It may not be as widely known that U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia, was keeping an eye on that glass of water.
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Holy water: Congressman steals Pope Francis' glass after White House address to sip remaining liquid …
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Jeb Bush: The Pope Shouldn't Discuss Climate Change Because 'He's Not A Scientist'
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Meet the Congressman Who Drank From the Pope's Glass
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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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Clinton may not have turned over all her emails — Obama administration officials made new revelations about Hillary Clinton's emails on Friday, as the ongoing controversy continues to spin against the Democratic presidential front-runner. — In one announcement, a senior State Department official …
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State Department Hands Over ‘New’ Hillary Clinton Emails to Benghazi Panel — Foggy Bottom uncovers additional messages related to the oft-investigated attack. Why didn't they find the emails sooner? — The State Department has said over and over again that it turned …
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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.
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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.

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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Republican ‘Outsiders’ Are Mainly Mainstream
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GOP insiders: Jindal and Pataki quit next — <p>Bobby Jindal and George Pataki are the next two quitters in the Republican field.</p><p>That's the assessment of Republicans in the POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey of the top activists, operatives and strategists in Iowa …
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Bitter Truce: Fox News' Ailes ‘Furious’ at National Review's Rich Lowry for Forcing Fox to Cede ‘Moral High Ground’ to Donald Trump — The Fox News Channel's top executive, Roger Ailes, is “furious” at the National Review's editor Rich Lowry for using foul language in an attack …
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From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities — THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program: Record the website browsing habits of “every visible user on the Internet.” — Before long, billions of digital records about ordinary people's online activities were being stored every day.
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