Wednesday's Headlines: With DACA move, Trump and GOP face a crossroads on immigration

'We are America': DACA recipients say they're not going anywhere; Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as massive Hurricane Irma intensifies; 'May God protect us all':...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories With DACA move, Trump and GOP face a crossroads on immigration The president has temporarily placed in the hands of Congress the fates of roughly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. It now falls to congressional Republicans to navigate a thicket of political interests and charged emotions as they try to keep the party's base from revolting and yet still appeal to Hispanic voters. Whatever they decide, it could have long-term ramifications for the Republican Party. By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » 'We are America': DACA recipients say they're not going anywhere "Dreamers" staged protests at the White House and at Trump Tower in New York City. "If the president thinks this announcement is going to make us go away, it's going to do the opposite," one said. By Maria Sacchetti and Perry Stein  •   Read more »   Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as massive Hurricane Irma intensifies The monster storm, registering as a Category 5 with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour, could hit Florida by the weekend. Officials in the Florida Keys, which is in the direct path of the storm as currently forecast, announced mandatory evacuations in advance of what could be the most powerful hurricane to strike the Atlantic coast in more than a decade. By Francisco Alvarado, Mark Berman and Sandhya Somashekhar  •   Read more »   'May God protect us all': Puerto Rico, tiny islands in Irma's path fear for the worst Residents of the islands that Hurricane Irma is set to strike fear that damage inflicted by the storm will result in a long, painstaking journey back to normalcy. Irma is predicted to become the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Leeward Islands. By Andrew deGrandpre  •   Read more »   For residents of Houston neighborhood, Harvey brought a 'disaster on top of a disaster' In one predominantly black and Latino neighborhood, working-class tenants have few options to escape their flood-damaged apartments, where mold is growing on the walls and where TV sets, soggy sofas, mattresses, clothing and piles of torn-up carpeting sit rotting at the curbside. Some are undocumented immigrants who have no outlet to seek relief from FEMA and little power to challenge landlords who refuse to repair the damage. By Abigail Hauslohner  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Steve Jobs gave us President Trump By David Von Drehle  •   Read more »   Apparently, it's illegal to laugh at Jeff Sessions By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   Have we reached a point of no return? By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   History shows us how calamitous the North Korea crisis could become By David Ignatius  •   Read more »   I came to this country 41 years ago. Now Trump is making me feel like I don't belong here. By Max Boot  •   Read more »   Trump's heartless decision By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   WorldViews • Analysis Aung San Suu Kyi's shameful silence on the Rohingya crisis Once a moral icon, the Nobel peace laureate who is Burma's leader is standing by as an alleged ethnic cleansing takes place. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »     A two-decade crusade by conservative charities fueled Trump's exit from Paris climate accord Tax-exempt groups lobbied and spent millions fighting climate science and environmental regulation. It was all part of a wave that crested with Trump's rejection of the landmark international deal to limit greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. By Robert O'Harrow Jr.  •   Read more »   Trump Jr. to speak with Senate Judiciary on Thursday about Trump campaign's contacts with Russia Judiciary Committee members prepare to grill the first member of the president's inner circle, but the Intelligence Committee chairman suggested that Donald Trump Jr. might not be able to tell senators much more than they already know. By Karoun Demirjian  •   Read more »   The Fix • Analysis Sarah Huckabee Sanders's provocative veiled threat to Congress "If Congress doesn't want to do the job that they were elected to do, then maybe they should get out of the way and let someone else do it," the press secretary said. By Aaron Blake  •   Read more »   WorldViews • Analysis She's a Nobel winner heading to Oxford. But 'Malala hate' is still real in Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai is adored by the West, but Pakistanis are tired of hearing about her, and some are openly hostile when her accomplishments are celebrated. By Pamela Constable  •   Read more »   Two friends were stuck in a refugee camp. A scholarship was their only way out. In the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, two young women are among the 5,000 applicants for a scholarship in Canada that includes citizenship for the students — and eventually their families. The women both made it to the final round of interviews. One of them will leave. The other will stay in the camp and hope for another way out. By Kevin Sieff  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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