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.

My Analysis of the Hurricane Irma Panic  —  RUSH: The hurricane is what I want to lead off with, though, folks.  And I've gotta be very careful here because I am not a meteorologist, and nothing I say today should be considered to be a forecast or a prediction.  I am not the National Hurricane Center.

Defiant Clinton looks to explain loss in new memoir  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)A raw and aggrieved Hillary Clinton takes ownership — to a degree — for her stunning 2016 loss to Donald Trump in her upcoming book, which offers a revealing look at the campaign through the eyes of the contest's loser.

Trump gets millions from golf members.  CEOs and lobbyists get access to president  —  Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay President Trump's companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact …

Putin: North Korea crisis may be ‘impossible’ to solve  —  (CNN)A day after predicting “global catastrophe” if North Korea's nuclear tests lead to anything other than talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the situation may be “impossible” to resolve.

White House moves to quell Harvey-debt limit opposition  —  President Donald Trump's White House will move Wednesday to quash growing GOP opposition to a strategy to raise the debt ceiling as part of a Hurricane Harvey relief package, according to multiple House and White House officials.

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 …

Senate resolution to force Trump's hand on condemning Charlottesville hate groups  —  The Senate is preparing to force President Donald Trump to go on record to officially condemn the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month.  —  Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine …

Sheriff Clarke Was in Talks for a Trump White House Job—Then John Kelly Killed It … Sheriff David A. Clarke just lost out on yet another Trump administration job—and he has the president's chief of staff to thank.  —  Officials in the West Wing tell The Daily Beast that Clarke …

Spicer gets the last laugh on Trump  —  An agent who met with Sean Spicer told him that the going rate for speeches by most former White House press secretaries ranged from about $20,000 to $30,000.  The agent said Spicer, who went elsewhere, thought he could get much more.

A Statement Regarding Star Wars: Episode IX  —  Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX.  Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ.

America's Changing Religious Identity  —  The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation.  White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all adults living in the country.  Today, fewer than half of all states are majority white Christian.

Thomas Piketty on the Russian kleptocracy  —  Russia is widely thought of as an oligarchy run by President Vladimir Putin and a handful of billionaire cronies whose main accomplishment is looking out for their own financial interests.  In a new paper, three economists say forensic evidence bears that out.

House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier  —  In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress and the FBI over the Trump dossier, the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the bureau and the Justice Department for documents relating to the dossier …

Senate Judiciary's meeting with Trump Jr. scheduled for Thursday  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet with Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday to discuss the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, according to three Democratic members of the committee.  —  The meeting, which is expected …