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5:20 PM ET, September 23, 2015

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New York Times:
Pope Francis, in Washington, Addresses Poverty and Climate  —  WASHINGTON — Pope Francis quietly but forcefully made his priorities clear during his first full day in the United States on Wednesday, urging in a pair of speeches a renewed emphasis on tackling global poverty, confronting climate change …
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Pope Francis is about to make Junipero Serra a saint during a historic canonization today  —  Thousands of Catholics poured onto the grass of Catholic University on Wednesday to watch Pope Francis make a Spanish missionary a saint when he celebrates Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Slantpoint and The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Huckabee rips Obama as ‘most anti-Christian’ president ever
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Scott Walker's presidential bid
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White House
Discussion: News.va and Washington Monthly
New York Post:
‘Call off your f- -king dogs!’  Hillary rages to Obama  —  An enraged Hillary Rodham Clinton blew up at President Obama, demanding he “call off your f-king dogs” looking into her emails during a tense Oval Office meeting, according to a new book.  —  The book, “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats  —  As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race.  —  One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Walker's campaign manager unloads  —  <p>Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulled the plug on a bloated campaign that was headed into debt and was being undermined by furious donors, a warring staff and — at the root of it all — a candidate who was badly out of his league. </p><p>Prior …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump: No More Fox News For Me!  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said on Wednesday he's swearing off appearances on Fox News.  —  Trump complained on Twitter that the network wasn't treating him fairly:
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Trump and Fox News in another round of feuding  —  The on-again, off-again feud of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump with the media has taken another turn.  —  Trump, in a tweet, announced that he “won't be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” as the channel “has been treating me very unfairly.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Commission on Presidential Debates:
Commission On Presidential Debates announces sites and dates for 2016 general election debates  —  The nonpartisan, nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) today announced sites and dates for three presidential and one vice presidential debates during the 2016 general election.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Presidential debate schedule set for next year  —  <p>Next year's general-election presidential debates will be in Ohio, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday.</p><p> The first general-election debate will be held Sept. 26, 2016, at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90  —  Yogi Berra, one of baseball's greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known …
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
OPM says 5.6 million fingerprints stolen in cyberattack, five times as many as previously thought  —  One of the scariest parts of the massive cybersecurity breaches at the Office of Personnel Management just got worse: The agency now says 5.6 million people's fingerprints were stolen as part of the hacks.
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
OPM underestimated number of fingerprints stolen in hack by millions
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach
Johnathan Manning / KPLC-TV:
Naked jogging couple leaves 1-year-old alone on beach  —  A 20-month-old girl was found alone on Holly Beach Tuesday morning, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson said.  The parents were located hours later jogging naked down the beach.  —  The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office received a report …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner coup talk puts House GOP on edge  —  Growing chatter about a possible coup against Speaker John Boehner has set Capitol Hill on edge.  —  Talk that conservatives might use a government-funding showdown to overthrow the powerful Ohio Republican has triggered a flurry of behind …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Dalai Lama: I Could See A Female Successor, But She ‘Must Be Very Attractive’  —  The Dalai Lama said in an interview with BBC News Monday that he could imagine a female successor, but she “must be very attractive.”  —  BBC host Clive Myrie asked the Dalai Lama whether his successor could be a woman.
Discussion: Ravishly, BBC, Mediaite and The Week
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
“We should not have a multicultural society.”  —  Jeb Bush made the comment on Tuesday in response to a question from an Iowa woman working with refugees and immigrants living in the Hawkeye State.  She wanted to know how the Republican presidential candidate would help people resettling in the United States integrate into society.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Colbert bests Trump  —  <p>Donald Trump was in no fighting mood on Tuesday night.</p><p>Rather than come out swinging, as he did at the outset of last week's Republican debate, a subdued front-runner came out nodding in his “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert. </p><p>Rather than engage …
David Brody / The Brody File:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Donald Trump Exclaims, “God Is The Ultimate!”  —  The Brody File continues to roll out a few more clips from our exclusive golf course interview with Donald Trump that was done last week on his beautiful golf course in Southern California.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Republican lawmaker says inmates key to defeating Corrine Brown  —  TALLAHASSEE — In a private gathering during last month's Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting, state Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida GOP activists that the key to defeating Corrine Brown …
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
 
 
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Carl Straumsheim / Inside Higher Ed:
Do MOOCs Help?  —  Unlike at colleges and universities …
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Bob Russell / Conservative Daily News:
Islam is a Satanic Cult of murder, not a ‘religion’
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Dr. Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Walker Records 3rd Shortest Presidential Campaign Since 1972
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Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
Report: Muslims Are the Fastest Growing Immigrant Community
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UD investigates makeshift nooses near Mitchell Hall
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Margarita Noriega / Vox:
Transgender woman live-tweets her expulsion from Orlando airport
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell fast-tracks bill to freeze Planned Parenthood funding
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Maev Kennedy / Guardian:
Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules
 

 
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