AOL: U.S. House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday that Congress will avoid a government shutdown this week and he would push through as much unfinished legislation as possible before leaving at the end of October. Speaking on CBS’ Face the Nation two days after his surprise resignation, he said the House this week would […]

AOL: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has climbed into a virtual tie with real-estate magnate Donald Trump, according to a new poll. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday shows Carson with 20 percent support among Republican primary voters nationally, just 1 point below Trump. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) […]

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: In a corruption wave during the past seven years, taxpayers shelled out more than $14 million in outside legal fees for crooked politicians and state-employed witnesses. Three investigations of Attorney General Kathleen Kane likely will drive up that tab. Kane, facing a felony perjury charge and seven misdemeanors in Montgomery County, has said […]

POLITICO COLUMN: My nephew’s senior year in high school is already different from mine in any number of ways—the iPhones, the Facebook account, an online encyclopedia of college essay ideas. But perhaps most astonishing is what I realized only after I talked to him about his daily routine: just how little time he’s physically in […]

NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED: …What is happening in Hungary is not just about the global refugee crisis and its consequences for Europe. It is also the beginning of the 2018 Hungarian election campaign. And it provides a cautionary tale about what could happen in Europe, and not only in Europe, when radical, nationalist populists take […]

NEWSMAX: …Just before telling fellow House Republicans on Friday that he would step down at the end of October, Boehner described plans to pass a stop-gap government funding measure that will omit any cut-off in federal support for Planned Parenthood. The plan defies Republican conservatives, who want to use a funding bill to punish the […]

AOL: …The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning when he announced his decision in a closed-door session. It came one day after a high point of [John] Boehner’s congressional career, a historic speech by Pope Francis to Congress at Boehner’s request. A constant focus of conservatives’ complaints, Boehner was facing the […]

DAILY TIMES / AP: Pennsylvania’s attorney general said Thursday she does not think she will be eligible to run for a second term next year if her law license remains suspended as she faces perjury, obstruction and other charges. Attorney General Kathleen Kane told The Associated Press she is making plans to seek re-election in […]

POLITICO: … “He had a really bad debate performance last week,” Rubio told Kentucky Sports Radio. “He takes shots at everybody that gets anywhere close to him, in terms of a poll, or anytime he hits a rough spot that’s what he does.” Hours later, Rubio made sure his criticisms were broadcast to a national […]

NEW YORK TIMES: President Xi Jinping ofChina will make a landmark commitment on Friday to start a national program in 2017 that will limit and put a price on greenhouse gas emissions, Obama administration officials said Thursday. The move to create a so-called cap-and-trade system would be a substantial step by the world’s largest polluter […]

THE HILL: HAVANA — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebel group announced a major breakthrough Wednesday in peace talks, bringing the country to the verge of ending one of the world’s longest-running wars. The dramatic announcement came in Havana, where the two sides began formal negotiations in 2012 on […]

POLITICO: The next question in the Hillary Clinton email matter is who will force the FBI to release any documents it may have retrieved from the 2016 presidential candidate’s homemade server — Congress or the courts? The answer: A federal judge may decide to get aggressive and order the law enforcement agency to turn over […]