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Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Friday, September 25, 2015 Friday, September 25, 2015 NYTimes.com/NYTNow » Enjoy this newsletter? The NYT Now app for iPhone is now completely free. It's the fastest way to catch up with the news throughout the day. Download now. Karsten Moran for The New York Times Your Friday Evening Briefing By ANDREA KANNAPELL AND SANDRA STEVENSON Good evening. Here's the start of tonight's briefing. Go to the full briefing.  1. Pope Francis electrified throngs in New York on Day 4 of his U.S. visit, and pleaded with world leaders at the U.N. for compassion for all the people of the world. "A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity," he told the General Assembly, "leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged." 2. Oddly enough, one of the architects of the pope's visit, John Boehner, stole the spotlight with news that he would leave Congress. Hard-right Republicans reject the House speaker's leadership because he will make a deal with Democrats rather than shut the government down over funding for Planned Parenthood. The leading candidate to succeed him: Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader. Read the full briefing » ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes FACEBOOK @NYTNOW Get more NYTimes.com newsletters »  | Sign Up for the Morning Briefing newsletter » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The NYT Now Evening Briefing newsletter. As a member of the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy.   (...)| Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018