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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she's not sure if she'll miss retiring Speaker John Boehner -- even as she praised him as "a very fine person."

John Boehner will resign from his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as give up his congressional seat, at the end of October.

Details on Pope Francis's first visit to America.

Pope Francis gave a historic address today when he spoke before a rare joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. His speech (full text below) touched on numerous issues that have been heavily debated in Washington — climate change, the death penalty, religious freedom, immigration and more — but he focused often on the current refugee crisis in Europe.

The Obama administration says the fingerprints of 5.6 million people who applied for or received a federal security clearance were stolen — not 1.1 million as first believed.

It's a done deal, yet opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement aren't going quietly.

Donald Trump came out swinging against Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, suggesting his 1 percent performance in recent polls means he shouldn't be on the stage with the other candidates.

Donald Trump and Ben Carson high-five each other during the second GOP debate.

The U.S. Forest Service has temporarily closed an Idaho hiking trail because of aggressive mountain goats.

NBC seems to have re-welcomed Donald Trump to the airwaves with this past Friday’s Tonight Show, but The Celebrity Apprentice will be back with a new host all the same. Trump is officially terminated, now that Arnold Schwarzenegger will get behind the desk as the newest host of The Celebrity Apprentice.