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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Donald Trump's size fixation  —  <p>To Donald Trump, size matters.</p><p>The GOP pack leader and former reality television star constantly touts the number of attendees at his events and sometimes wildly exaggerates, an unusual habit for a presidential candidate.

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.

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.