NATIONAL

“The State Department has told Senate investigators that it didn’t provide Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lawyer with a secure-enough method to read now-highly classified material from her homebrew email server because it didn’t anticipate that the messages would be deemed so secret.” – Fox News

“Hollywood is really quite the circus…….freak show. That’s what it is. It’s not the animals or trapeze artists or lion tamers. It’s not even the clown car. No, Hollywood is the freak show. The bearded lady, lobster boy, the elephant man, etc.” – Red State

“I wrote earlier today how Trump could ‘surprise me in a good way’ over his tax plan, and you know, he did. His personal income tax reform plan for people who don’t have stocks is really simple and something which he should be praised for.” – Hot Air

“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was fuming Monday night after his Republican colleagues voted for a “clean” spending bill that fully funds Planned Parenthood. The Senate voted 77 to 19 to advance the 10-week bill, avoiding a government shutdown that was looming Wednesday.”  – Town Hall

“A Texas-based conservative law firm says it has had a 400-percent increase in requests for legal assistance following the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized gay marriage across America in June.” – The Blaze

“Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Republican leadership on Monday for slavishly serving the interests of major corporations — and worse, leading attacks from the Left on its conservative grassroots base.” – Breitbart

“Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Margaret Cho and this statement of hers from last night which could be one of the worst justifications for abortion we’ve ever seen:” – Twitchy

“In the roughly 7 years of George W. Bush’s post-9/11 presidency, the most frequent and passionate criticism was directed towards the action taken in the Middle East.” – Conservative Daily News

“A Confederate battle flag attached to a high school sophomore’s backpack reportedly led to a school lockdown in Polk County, Georgia.” – Washington Times

“After coming under fire for reportedly retweeting a photo of Trayvon Martin’s body, George Zimmerman went on a bit of a Twitter tirade with a message to the ‘trolls‘ — ‘God protects me.'” – The Blaze

LOUISIANA

“Police are investigating an incident after a Mid-City tow truck driver found three children left in the back of an SUV he towed from Algiers.” – WWLTV.com

“The new revenge porn law that makes it illegal to distribute compromising photos of others is already leading to arrests in Southwest Louisiana.” – KPLCTV.com

“Update: An aide to Gov. Bobby Jindal says Robertson remains a supporter of the Louisiana governor.” – NOLA.com

“Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump whipped the Oklahoma GOP faithful into a frenzy Friday night at the State Fair, proclaiming that America will once again return to its place of world prominence after he is elected.” – Red Dirt Report

“Reverend Monsignor Charles Murray Clayton, a faithful priest of both the Alexandria and Shreveport dioceses passed away in the company of his immediate family in Vidalia, Louisiana on Friday, September 25, 2015.” – KTBS.com

“In a press conference held today at Eunice City Hall, State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning, Jr. and Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot laid out the tragic details surrounding the deaths of a Eunice mother and her two daughters.” – KTBS.com

“Louisiana Representative and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has announced a bid to run for Speaker of the House, according to Politico. Scalise joins Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who entered the race yesterday.” – Town Hall

“The average hourly salary for private-sector workers in Louisiana was $22.25 in August 2015, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.” – NOLA.com

“A violent summer has pushed the needle for homicide cases in Baton Rouge near the red zone, with a good portion of the cases unsolved.” – WAFB.com

“Will Clapp grew up in a house with three other football-playing boys and a father who was a former LSU defensive lineman.” – The Baton Rouge Advocate