Breitbart's Bannon declares war on the GOP  —  Steve Bannon, Trump's ex-chief strategist, tells 60 Minutes why he's out at the White House and criticizes the GOP for not supporting the president.  “They're gonna be held accountable,” he says  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon …

Dozens of dogs abandoned, left unable to escape as Irma bears down … The streets of Miami, Florida were mostly empty as thousands of people huddled in shelters or battened-down homes as Hurricane Irma approached.  Video provided by Reuters Newslook  —  CONNECT

Scoop: Jeff Sessions' lie detector idea  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told associates he wants to put the entire National Security Council staff through a lie detector test to root out leakers.  It's unclear whether this will ever happen, but Sessions floated the idea to multiple people, as recently as last month.

Hillary Clinton on why she lost and “the most important” mistake she made  —  Hillary Clinton has spent the last 10 months trying to figure out why she isn't the president of the United States.  —  “I am good,” Clinton told “Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley.

Miami airport busts Trump social media director for spreading fake news in midst of storm  —  White House social media director Dan Scavino took on a new role this weekend as a storm watcher.  It didn't turn out well.  —  Trump's social media director, Dan Scavino, got caught making a little fake news.

For Democrats, no Catholic guilt  —  Hatred of Christians is not new  —  By now it's hardly a surprise that so many national Democrats have nothing but contempt for Roman Catholics.  But what is surprising is that they no longer even bother to hide their distaste for devout Christians.

A Month Has Passed Since Trump Declared an Opioid Emergency.  What Next?  —  When President Trump announced in early August, following a presidential commission's recommendations, that the opioid crisis was a “national emergency,” he called it “a serious problem the likes of which we have never had.”

Nobody was hurt in the incident, but the echoes of Charlottsville are hard to miss.  —  Police in Vancouver this afternoon arrested a man after a Patriot Prayer rally when he nearly ran his truck into a crowd of antifascist counter-protesters.  —  After a rally organized …

Haley's UN Brinkmanship Comes With Advice by Long-Time Pollster  —  Jon Lerner helped get Haley elected South Carolina governor  —  UN envoy wants to ratchet up sanctions on North Korea's regime  —  As Nikki Haley confronts her biggest test so far as U.S. envoy to the UN …

Sixteen Years After 9/11, How Does Terrorism End?  —  The current spasm of international terrorism, an age-old tactic of warfare, is often traced to a bomb mailed from New York by the anti-Castro group El Poder Cubano, or Cuban Power, that exploded in a Havana post office, on January 9, 1968.

Where Trump's Hands-Off Approach to Governing Does Not Apply  —  The Trump administration opened the door to allowing more firearms on federal lands.  It scrubbed references to “L.G.B.T.Q. youth” from the description of a federal program for victims of sex trafficking.

Antifa, white supremacists exploit loose gun laws  —  Authorities gird for explosive clashes between heavily armed extremists in American cities.  —  Domestic extremist groups ranging from white supremacists to their rival “antifa” anarchists are increasingly exploiting loose gun control laws …

As Irma's Winds Rise, So Does a Debate Over TV Storm Reporting  —  Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo, Fla. He could barely stand up straight in the lashing winds of Hurricane Irma.

Florida residents want to know why Trump isn't opening his resorts to hurricane victims  —  As shelters filled to capacity ahead of Hurricane Irma's imminent arrival in South Florida, some residents are asking why Donald Trump isn't stepping up to help them.

John McCain: 'I'm facing a challenge'  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. John McCain acknowledged the severity of his cancer prognosis Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union,” saying in his first national interview since receiving the diagnosis that it is the latest test in a lifetime of tough fights.