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.

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 …

Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — now a Cat 5 — is on a collision course with Florida  —  Hurricane Irma is an “extremely dangerous” Category 5, barreling toward the northern Lesser Antilles and Southern Florida.  It's already the strongest hurricane ever recorded outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico …

Statement on DACA Program  —  WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement following the Trump administration's announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

Russian politician says 'let's hit Trump with our Kompromat' on state TV  —  Claims made in explosive Trump Russia dossier, though unproven, have led many to speculate Kremlin could be holding sensitive information on former real estate mogul  —  A Russian politician has threatened to “hit Donald Trump with our Kompromat” on state TV.

Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV Statement On Leaving His Church After Speaking Out Against White Supremacy at MTV Video Music Awards  —  I'm writing this statement to make sure that people are able to read in my own words what has happened to me over the last three weeks so that the events …

GUTIÉRREZ: DACA ANNOUNCEMENT & IMPLICATIONS FOR APPROPS FIGHTS  —  Issues:  —  Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) released a statement reacting to the news that President Trump has taken action to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) …

Clinton book: Abedin broke into tears after learning Weiner sexting restarted email probe  —  's longtime aide Huma Abedin was devastated by the news that her husband's underage sexting investigation had caused the FBI to reopen the probe into Clinton's private email server …

Lewandowski to Join IOP as Visiting Fellow  —  Attendees leave the JFK Jr. Forum in 2016.  Corey R. Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's embattled former campaign advisor, will join the Institute of Politics as a visiting fellow this semester, the IOP announced Tuesday.

Inside Steve Bannon's meeting with Mark Meadows  —  Steve Bannon met with Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows on Monday afternoon at the “Breitbart Embassy” — the Capitol Hill townhouse so-named because those who work at the right-wing website like to think of themselves as the ambassadors for “real America” in Washington, D.C.

Key Trump Aide's Departure Rattles President's Allies  —  Aide has worked for Trump since 1999 and is a close confidant  —  President Donald Trump's allies are worried that the most damaging of the many recent departures from his White House may be that of Keith Schiller …

New Clinton book blasts Sanders for ‘lasting damage’ in 2016 race  —  Sanders booed after voicing support for Clinton  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton casts Bernie Sanders as an unrealistic over-promiser in her new book, according to excerpts posted by a group of Clinton supporters.

Intensifying Russia probes could pit Hill against Mueller  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Lawyers working with a team led by special counsel Robert Mueller approached the Senate intelligence committee this summer with a request: They wanted the transcript of an interview Senate staff …

Press group to NRA: ‘It is un-American to threaten journalists’  —  A trade group that represents The New York Times, the Associated Press and other major publishers is calling out the NRA, accusing the gun rights group of crossing a line and threatening journalists.

Rahm tells returning CPS students schools are ‘Trump-free zone’  —  Sign-Up for our News & Politics Newsletter  —  Mayor Rahm Emanuel wanted to emphasize one thing as he spoke to a group of freshman on the first day of class at Solorio Academy High School on the Southwest Side Tuesday morning.

CONTACT US  —  Deputy Shoots New Carlisle News Photographer  —  New Carlisle News photographer Andy Grimm was shot by a Clark County deputy Monday evening.  —  Andy had left the office around 10:00 p.m. to take pictures of lightning.  —  There was a traffic stop on Main Street near …

Meghan Markle, Wild About Harry!  —  Battered by the tabloids—to the point where her boyfriend, Prince Harry, issued a statement defending her—actress and activist Meghan Markle has largely ignored the media storm.  And as Markle tells Vanity Fair about her bi-racial background, her romance …