La Migra: Illegal immigrants braced themselves for immigration raids expected to take place in at least 10 major cities across the country today.   The operation istargetting about 2,000 undocumented immigrants who crossed the border recently, many of them in family units. …

Poke in the Eye: CBS yesterday kicked out chief network executive Les Moonves after a second New Yorker article detailing accusations of sexual impropriety by six women. Moonves is one of Hollywood’s most powerful executives, having made CBS the most watched television …

Backspin: Japan’s Naomi Osaka toppled Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 yesterday at the US Open to become the first Grand Slam singles champion born in her country. The 20 -year-old Osaka moved to the US at age 3. Her win was tarnished …

Shut the Door: President Trump visited the Pentagon yesterday and signed an executive order freezing immigration from seven Muslim countries and commanding “extreme vetting” of immigrants from countries plagued by terrorism. “We want to ensure that we are not admitting …

9/11: Hard to believe, but it’s been 15 years to the day since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Commemorations are being held this morning in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania where flight 93 crashed into a field after passengers tried to …

GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …

The Great Migration: Hungary is rushing to build a 13-foot fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants coming from war ravaged Middle East countries. The government plans to start arresting migrants who enter the country …

Death Be Not Proud: Moved in part by the story of a young and terminally ill California woman who moved to Oregon to be able to commit assisted suicide, the California legislature has approved assisted suicide for the state. In …

The Horse Race: Hillary Clinton is slipping and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining ground in the Democratic race for president in Iowa. Sanders is just seven points behind Clinton, who now leads 37 to 30 percent in the Des …

Triple Win: Gliding to an effortless win at New York’s Belmont racetrack late yesterday, the three-year-old colt American Pharoah proved that it is still possible to win horse racing’s Triple Crown. It hadn’t been done since 1978. The crowd roared …