Iran Nuclear Deal Is Reached With World Powers  —  VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words  —  “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.

COUNTY COMMISSION: Presiding commissioner says flag decision to be rescinded  —  The Dent County Commission voted unanimously Monday to observe one year of “mourning” over the Supreme Court's June 26 decision that gay couples have the constitutional right to marriage.

There Is No Post-Racial America  —  The term post-racial is almost never used in earnest.  Instead it's usually employed by talk-show hosts and news anchors looking to measure progress in the Obama era.  Earnest or not, the questions we ask matter.  As many of our sharper activists and writers …

Paul Krugman Puts Trump On Blast: He's A ‘Loudmouth Racist’ (VIDEO)  —  New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was blunt Monday when he speculated that real estate mogul Donald Trump was polling so well within the GOP presidential field because he's a “loudmouth racist.”

Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on DOD Transgender Policy  —  Over the last fourteen years of conflict, the Department of Defense has proven itself to be a learning organization.  This is true in war, where we have adapted to counterinsurgency, unmanned systems, and new battlefield requirements such as MRAPs.

N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision  —  The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.

Poll finds majority of Americans do not trust Iran to stick to deal  —  A majority of Americans think Iran cannot be trusted to stick to the parameters of a nuclear agreement, according to a new Monmouth University poll conducted in the days leading up to Tuesday's announcement of a final deal.

Report: One-third of vets on pending medical care list already dead  —  An internal Veterans Affairs Department report states that about one-third of the veterans waiting to receive medical care from the agency have already died.  —  A review of veteran death records provided …

In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed  —  Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists.  Her name is Ayn Rand …

Hillary Clinton Blames Republicans for Promoting Inequality  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered her economic policy speech at the New School in New York on Monday.  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed Republicans for “35 years” of policies that have exacerbated income inequality by giving …

Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household  —  Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) warned Monday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dissonance with his wife on same-sex marriage could cause him to be less “active” in his opposition.  —  “Spouses matter,” Santorum said in an editorial meeting with The Daily Caller.