White House communications director Hope Hicks retains lawyer in Russia probe  —  White House communications director Hope Hicks has retained a personal attorney, as the special counsel's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia is expected to heat up this fall.

Why Trump hopes the new Trump sticks  —  A Trump adviser says that after a tumultuous seven months in office, it had finally dawned on the president: “People really f@&@ing hate me.”  For someone who has spent his life lapping up adulation, however fake, it was a harsh realization.

More White, More Male, More Jesus: CIA Employees Fear Pompeo Is Quietly Killing the Agency's Diversity Mandate  —  CIA insiders worry reforms pushed by Brennan are languishing in his absence.  —  In early summer, Judy and Dennis Shepard bought plane tickets to give a speech to the workforce at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been  —  ORLANDO, Fla.—The first Americans to spend much time in South Florida were the U.S. Army men who chased the Seminole Indians around the peninsula in the 1830s.  And they hated it.  Today, their letters read like Yelp reviews …

Mercurial Trump Rattles Republican Party Ahead of Midterms  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's mercurial politics are already rattling Republicans heading into the 2018 midterm campaign, sparking Trump-like primary challenges in two high-profile Senate races and a host of lower-profile House contests …

983 would lose protection per day: What a DACA phase-out would look like  —  Trump and Sessions spin the facts on DACA  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — As many as 983 undocumented people previously covered under DACA would lose their protected status every day

New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer  —  Lost in the scramble to cope with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the response to North Korea's nuclear provocations and the shock at President Trump's instant alliance with Democrats was a little-noticed bureaucratic earthquake that shook the White House this week.

Hurricane Irma churns toward Florida where cities brace for storm surges up to 15 feet  —  Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, hit Cuba overnight as a rare Category 5 storm before being downgraded to a Category 3 Saturday morning, and the storm is expected to restrengthen as it heads toward Florida.

GOP struggles to control its own agenda  —  President Donald Trump's flirtations with Democrats and fixation on divisive campaign promises have paved the way for hazardous, rolling deadlines over the next six months on spending, the debt ceiling and immigration.

What's Going to Happen When the Trumpists Realize the America They Yearn for Is Gone? … The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll—which shows a yawning cultural divide between Trump voters and Republicans on the one hand and everyone else on the other on everything from gay marriage to immigration …

Miami's mayor on Hurricane Irma: 'If this isn't climate change, I don't know what is'  —  Miami's Republican mayor called on President Donald Trump and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday to acknowledge that climate change is playing a role in the extreme weather that has slammed …

Seriously, Equifax?  This Is a Breach No One Should Get Away With  —  Equifax, you had one job.  Your only purpose as a corporation, the reason you were created and remain a going concern, is to collect and maintain people's most private financial data.  —  Now you have fallen down on your only job — and spectacularly so.

Mar-A-Lago Has A Flood Insurance Policy Through The Federal Government  —  Donald Trump's Florida estate is among the flood-prone properties covered by the controversial program.  —  WASHINGTON Federally insured property in Florida is in the crosshairs of potentially catastrophic Hurricane …

CNN exclusive: Joe Paterno may have known of earlier Jerry Sandusky abuse claim, police report reveals  —  (CNN)A police report obtained by CNN bolsters evidence that legendary football coach Joe Paterno knew years before Jerry Sandusky's arrest that his longtime assistant might be sexually abusing children.

Facebook Wins, Democracy Loses  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — On Wednesday, Facebook revealed that hundreds of Russia-based accounts had run anti-Hillary Clinton ads precisely aimed at Facebook users whose demographic profiles implied a vulnerability to political propaganda.

Not Your Messiah  —  By Peter Lucier  —  We were stacked in the chute, getting ready to leave the wire, hastily clad in mismatched warming layers, rifles and odd ends of equipment quickly grabbed, Kevlar helmet straps not yet fastened, the cummerbunds of our flak jackets not yet secured.

Hurricane Irma Rumor Control  —  Rumor: Pets in Shelters and Hotels  —  There are reports emergency shelters are required to accommodate pets and service animals belonging to people who have evacuated.  This is TRUE.  (September 8)  —  There are also reports hotels are required to accommodate pets for people who have evacuated.

Fox News Will Part Ways With Eric Bolling After Harassment Investigation  —  Fox News Channel will part ways with host Eric Bolling, a host and contributor whose on-air presence at the 21st Century Fox-owned network had been growing in recent months, after allegations surfaced …