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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Key Trump Aide's Departure Rattles President's Allies  —  Aide has worked for Trump since 1999 and is a close confidant  —  President Donald Trump's allies are worried that the most damaging of the many recent departures from his White House may be that of Keith Schiller …

Intensifying Russia probes could pit Hill against Mueller  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Lawyers working with a team led by special counsel Robert Mueller approached the Senate intelligence committee this summer with a request: They wanted the transcript of an interview Senate staff …

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.

Press group to NRA: ‘It is un-American to threaten journalists’  —  A trade group that represents The New York Times, the Associated Press and other major publishers is calling out the NRA, accusing the gun rights group of crossing a line and threatening journalists.

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.

Clinton book: Abedin broke into tears after learning Weiner sexting restarted email probe  —  's longtime aide Huma Abedin was devastated by the news that her husband's underage sexting investigation had caused the FBI to reopen the probe into Clinton's private email server …

Spicer lands post-White House gig  —  Sean Spicer is cashing in on “candor.”  —  President Donald Trump's first press secretary — who ceded his high-profile post to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in July but celebrated his official last day in the West Wing on Aug. 31 — has signed with Worldwide Speakers Group …

Conservative publisher wants nothing more to do with Times  —  https://apnews.com/58606fa07433442ba470 a91d374f8926  —  Link copied!  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A company that publishes books by Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter and other conservative authors says it wants nothing to do anymore …

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”.