Jeff Gordon avoided a controversial late wreck and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Headache Relief Shots 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Tennessee on Sunday.
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.
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.
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.