Speaker John Boehner Quits the Arena  —  Speaker John Boehner's shocking decision to resign from Congress is a sorry measure of how far right-wing extremism has immobilized the Republican Party and undermined the process of healthy government.  —  In abruptly quitting the arena …

Clinton Foundation snubbed by the pope, Elton John, Janet Yellen  —  <p>The Clinton Foundation invited everyone from Pope Francis and Leonardo DiCaprio to Bill de Blasio and Janet Yellen to its showcase gathering starting Saturday in New York City, according to multiple sources familiar …

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 …

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.

Stat check: No, women couldn't just “go somewhere else” if Planned Parenthood closed  —  The “defund Planned Parenthood” movement has a standard response to the question of where women would go if their local clinic closed: somewhere else.  —  “There are 13,000 community-based organizations …

To Close Gitmo, Obama Frees Sept. 11, 2001 ‘20th Attacker’  —  Al-Qaida: How much does President Obama still want the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison shuttered?  He just released the man trained to be the 20th hijacker for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.  —  In May, 2008, Rear Adm. David M. Thomas …

Carly Fiorina's bogus ‘secretary to CEO’ career trajectory (Fact Checker biography)  —  Editor's Note: Every candidate running for president likes to highlight certain aspects of his or her biography.  This is an occasional series taking a deeper look at 2016 candidates' claims about their personal, professional or political record.

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 …

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 …

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.