Devastation in the Caribbean as Irma Heads Toward Miami  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded crescendoed over the Caribbean on Thursday, crumpling islands better known as beach paradises into half-habitable emergency zones and sideswiping Puerto Rico before churning north.

No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems  —  Among Republicans on Capitol Hill, “I've never heard members and senators so angry at the president of their own party,” one durable Washington hand told me after yesterday's round of check-in calls.

Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information  —  Equifax Announces Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information  —  No Evidence of Unauthorized Access to Core Consumer or Commercial Credit Reporting Databases  —  Company to Offer Free Identity Theft Protection and Credit File Monitoring to All U.S. Consumers

Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary  —  The Broward County Republicans are in turmoil today after revelations that a freshly elected member of their executive board is a man who once was charged with attempted murder in the savage claw-hammer beating …

Russia's Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans … Russian-funded covert propaganda posts on Facebook were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million, according to analysis by an expert on the social-media giant's complex advertising systems.

Mexico struck by huge earthquake, with tsunamis and at least six deaths reported  — An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico, late on Thursday local time, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said  —  An earthquake of a magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chiapas …

Exclusive - Kobach: It Appears That Out-of-State Voters Changed the Outcome of the New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race  —  For years, the mainstream media has ignored the problem of voter fraud and belittled those of us who are trying to do something about it.  And when secretaries of state …

Koch Brothers Will Push Congress to Protect DREAMers … The political network of libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch is poised to back a bill protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.  —  Spokespeople for the Koch network confirmed to The Daily Beast …

Exclusive: Mueller seeks interviews with WH staff over Trump Tower meeting statement  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has approached the White House about interviewing staffers who were aboard Air Force One when the initial misleading statement about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting …

The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea  —  On the ground in Pyongyang: Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation?  —  1. The Madman Theory  —  The United States has no diplomatic relations with North Korea, so there is no embassy in Washington …

Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party  —  Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say.

Congressman Charlie Dent will not seek re-election in 2018  —  Congressman Charlie Dent speaks during an open house and tour of Custom Diesel Service, LLC. in Allentown on Wednesday, August 16, 2017.  /// (Harry Fisher / The Morning Call) mc-biz-diesel-repair-shop-financing (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Steve Bannon: Trump's leaked “Access Hollywood” tape was a “litmus test”  —  In his first extensive interview since leaving the Trump administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon tells “60 Minutes” about the fallout after the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape.

Homeland Security Plans Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is planning nationwide raids to target 8,400 undocumented immigrants later this month, according to three law enforcement officials and an internal document …

Trump lawyer Ty Cobb, fooled by ‘email prankster,’ asks for ‘drone’ in private emails slamming reporter  —  White House special counsel Ty Cobb engaged in a lengthy email exchange with a prankster posing as White House social media director Dan Scavino, during which Cobb asked whether there was …

Facebook Is Willing to Spend Big in Video Push  —  Social-media giant could spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform  —  Facebook Inc. FB 0.65% is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video.  —  The social-media giant is willing …

Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyft  —  Investigators looking at whether Uber's defunct ‘Hell’ internal program was used to interfere illegally with competitors  —  Federal law-enforcement authorities in New York are investigating whether Uber Technologies Inc. used software …

Why GOP leaders should be scared  —  Only one poll number to remember this week: WSJ/NBC finds that Trump has 98% approval with Republicans who voted for him in both the primary and the general.  —  Be smart: Don't underestimate Trump's power to do whatever the hell he wants and still keep his base voters.

King on Trump and Schumer: ‘It was almost like a love-in at times’  —  Schumer, Trump embrace in Oval Office picture  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)There seems to be a bromance brewing between President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer.  —  That's according to Rep. Pete King …

In major Supreme Court case, Justice Dept. sides with baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple  —  In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.