Forget Oregon's Gunman.  Remember the Hero Who Charged Straight at Him.  —  No amount of murder seems likely to result in gun control any time soon.  So let's do what we can to stop the lunacy—by reserving the limelight for the vet who rushed Thursday's shooter.

Vatican Source: Pope Blindsided By Meeting With Controversial Kentucky Clerk  —  (CBS) — Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich is on his way to Rome tonight.  Before he left, he spoke out for the first time on that controversial meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis, the county clerk …

Voodoo Never Dies  —  So Donald Trump has unveiled his tax plan.  It would, it turns out, lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit.  —  This is in contrast to Jeb Bush's plan, which would lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit, and Marco Rubio's plan …

Employment Situation Summary  —  Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-15-1912 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 2, 2015  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378  • cpsinfo@bls.gov  • www.bls.gov/cps

Rather Shameful  —  ‘Truth’ is out there somewhere  —  When CBS's 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast its lead story—reported by Dan Rather and produced by Mary Mapes—on the evening of September 8, 2004, it was given the anodyne title “For the Record,” as though it constituted little more than a disinterested historical footnote.

Rubio campaign boots Bush-backing tracker from Iowa event  —  MIAMI — The Florida family feud between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio took a surprising turn on Thursday night when a tracker for a super PAC supporting the former governor tried to slip into an Iowa event for Rubio, whose staff quickly spotted and removed him.

‘Hostage Takers:’ Dems Block Bill to Fund Veterans, Demanding More Spending Elsewhere  —  If and when Washington is pushed to the brink of another government shutdown in December, as the just-passed stopgap funding measures approach their expiration, we'll inevitably hear a lot of sound …

Residents in Murray furious after HOA fines homeowner for flying American Flag  —  MURRAY, Utah — Homeowners in Murray say they are being fined by their home owner's association for flying the American Flag.  —  Chestnut Place is a condominium community consisting of about 60 homeowners.

Obama: Mass shootings are ‘something we should politicize’  —  President Obama on Thursday made an impassioned case that gun violence is “something we should politicize” following a mass shooting at a community college in Oregon.  —  A visibly angry Obama blasted Congress for being unwilling …