The Gavel Drops: House Speaker John Boehner said he woke up yesterday morning, prayed, and decided to resign from Congress. His announcement that he will leave Oct. 30th shocked Washington and opened the door for the Republican far right to …

The Great Migration: Hungary is rushing to build a 13-foot fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants coming from war ravaged Middle East countries. The government plans to start arresting migrants who enter the country …

Nation: Church and state collided yesterday in Kentucky when Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis continued to deny marriage licenses to same sex couples … or any couples … after the Supreme Court rejected her application to be allowed to do …

Hillary Mail: The State Department is releasing another 4,368 Hillary Clintons emails from her time as secretary of state, about 150 of which are censored because they contain classified or sensitive information. Some were “confidential,” but none contained information considered …

Permawar: Afghanistan is investigating reports that Mullah Muhammad Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Taliban, is dead. Omar has not been seen in public since before the Taliban regime was toppled in 2001. A breakaway group of the Taliban claims …

Permawar: The US, Turkey, and Syrian rebels plan military action to clear Islamic State fighters out of a 60-mile strip of Syria along Turkey’s southern border. The area would be established as a safe zone for Syrians escaping their country’s …

Out of Africa: President Obama delivered a flattering but tough speech in Nairobi today, telling Kenyans they’ve come a long way in the world but that they still need to clean out corruption, shore up their shaky democracy, and end …

Permawar: For the second day Turkish warplanes have hit Islamic State targets inside Syria as well as Kurdish PKK militants inside northern Iraq. Striking the Kurds complicates matters because they’ve been working with the coalition fighting the Islamic State, but …

Nation: The sheriff in charge of the Texas jail where a 28-year-old woman died after her arrest in a traffic stop said Sandra Bland told officers she had previously tried to kill herself. Despite that the jail staff did not …

NukeDeal: President Obama spent more than an hour speaking to reporters yesterday, often speaking off the cuff, explaining and selling the Iran nuclear deal. In his prepared remarks he said, “With this deal, if Iran violates its commitments, there will …