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.

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.

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 …

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.

DACA could be ruinous Prop 187 moment with Latinos for Trump and GOP  —  It took decades for rigor mortis to cripple the California GOP.  National Republicans are setting themselves up for the same sort of long-term rot.  —  CONNECT  —  When we need a shortcut to explain why it's …

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 …

4 lies Jeff Sessions told to justify ending DACA  —  And one misleading claim.  —  On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced the Trump administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields nearly 800,000 young, unauthorized immigrants from deportation.

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 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 …

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.

A Second Look at the Steele Dossier—Knowing What We Know Now  —  [Editor's Note: In this special Just Security article, highly respected former member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service, John Sipher examines the Steele dossier using methods that an intelligence officer would to try to validate such information.