The Fifth Column
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THE WEEK
1. House Speaker John Boehner to resign from Congress in October |
House Speaker John Boehner announced Friday afternoon he will step down as speaker and resign from Congress at the end of October. “I planned, on my birthday, Nov. 17, to announce that I was leaving at the end of the year,” Boehner said, but reconsidered Friday morning. “Today’s the day I’m going to do this.” Boehner insisted he was not being pushed out as speaker, despite clashing with other conservatives in recent weeks as talk mounted of a possible government shutdown over Planned Parenthood.
Source: The New York Times
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2. State Department obtains new email chain from Hillary Clinton’s private account |
The State Department reportedly obtained an email chain former secretary Hillary Clinton had not previously turned over from her private account. The thread, which contains fewer than 10 emails exchanged with Gen… |
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