Immigration can be a controversial topic.  We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules.  —  But that's not what the action that the White House took today is about.

Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — now a Cat 5 — is on a collision course with Florida  —  Hurricane Irma is an “extremely dangerous” Category 5, barreling toward the northern Lesser Antilles and Southern Florida.  It's already the strongest hurricane ever recorded outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico …

Boston Red Sox Used Electronic Devices to Steal Signs Against Yankees  —  WASHINGTON — For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of the gamesmanship of baseball as brushback pitches and hard slides.  The Red Sox have apparently added a modern — and illicit — twist …

Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats  —  MORE FROM: … There's a lot going on in the Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump/Russia investigation that all the highfalutin' newspapers that cover politics are still trying to ignore.  —  Well, investors had better …

Trump: DACA decision will “work out very well”  —  President Trump took a question on his DACA decision following remarks to reporters about tax reform and, per pool reports, said he had “great heart” and “great love” for the DREAMers affected by his move:

Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV Statement On Leaving His Church After Speaking Out Against White Supremacy at MTV Video Music Awards  —  I'm writing this statement to make sure that people are able to read in my own words what has happened to me over the last three weeks so that the events …

Russian politician says 'let's hit Trump with our Kompromat' on state TV  —  Claims made in explosive Trump Russia dossier, though unproven, have led many to speculate Kremlin could be holding sensitive information on former real estate mogul  —  A Russian politician has threatened to “hit Donald Trump with our Kompromat” on state TV.

At CNN, Retracted Story Leaves an Elite Reporting Team Bruised  —  Created with much fanfare, CNN's investigative unit was reshaped and its focus narrowed in the wake of a story that led to a retraction and an apology.  —  Late on a Monday afternoon in June, members of CNN's elite investigations team …

Inside Steve Bannon's meeting with Mark Meadows  —  Steve Bannon met with Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows on Monday afternoon at the “Breitbart Embassy” — the Capitol Hill townhouse so-named because those who work at the right-wing website like to think of themselves as the ambassadors for “real America” in Washington, D.C.

Lewandowski to Join IOP as Visiting Fellow  —  Attendees leave the JFK Jr. Forum in 2016.  Corey R. Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's embattled former campaign advisor, will join the Institute of Politics as a visiting fellow this semester, the IOP announced Tuesday.

Putin Says Trump Is Not His Wife  —  Actors in prosthetic make-up portraying Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump  —  President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it would be misplaced to talk of “disappointment” in the context of U.S. President Donald Trump, because the two leaders are not married.

New Clinton book blasts Sanders for ‘lasting damage’ in 2016 race  —  Sanders booed after voicing support for Clinton  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton casts Bernie Sanders as an unrealistic over-promiser in her new book, according to excerpts posted by a group of Clinton supporters.

Edinburgh law student Robbie Travers who ridiculed Isis is accused of hate crime  —  Edinburgh University is investigating a law student over claims that he mocked Islamic State on social media and put “minority students at risk and in a state of panic and fear”.