Donald Trump gives out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number  —  If Lindsey Graham has to change cellphone numbers, he has Donald Trump to thank.  —  On Tuesday, Trump ramped up his attacks on the South Carolina senator — who made headlines Monday for calling the Donald a “jackass” — and even gave out Graham's private phone number.

Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited  —  The dashcam video released to the public of the violent arrest of Sandra Bland was edited.  —  Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality who died in police custody …

The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood  —  A hidden-camera video released last week purported to show that Planned Parenthood illegally sells tissue from aborted fetuses.  It shows nothing of the sort.  But it is the latest in a series of unrelenting attacks on Planned Parenthood …

Rand Paul puts tax code in woodchipper  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) knows what he wants to do the tax code if he becomes president: put it through a wood chipper.  —  Paul's campaign released a video Tuesday that shows the GOP presidential candidate bashing the complexities of the tax code and finding various ways to “kill it.”

Facebook must hand over New York users' info to prosecutors, court rules  —  Facebook Inc cannot challenge search warrants New York prosecutors used to get information from its site on hundreds of users suspected of Social Security fraud, a state appeals court said on Tuesday …

E. L. Doctorow, Literary Time Traveler Who Stirred the Past Into Fiction, Dies at 84  —  E. L. Doctorow, a leading figure in contemporary American letters whose popular, critically admired and award-winning novels — including “Ragtime,” “Billy Bathgate” and “The March” …

Iran Nuclear Agreement Meets With Public Skepticism  —  Little Confidence in Iran's Leaders to Live Up to Deal  —  More Americans disapprove than approve of the deal struck last week by the U.S., Iran and five other nations to limit Iran's nuclear program: Among the 79% of Americans …

1.7 Million More Children Live in Low-Income Working Families Today Than in Midst of Great Recession  —  About 1.7 million more children live in low-income working families today than during the Great Recession, according to the newly released 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie.  E. Casey Foundation.

Obama lowers White House flag  —  President Obama has ordered flags at the White House and other public buildings to fly at half-staff after mounting criticism over the delay in honoring five armed forces members killed last week by a gunman.  —  Obama's proclamation calls for the flags …

Two in three Americans say Supreme Court is split politically, poll finds  —  The majority of Americans think the Supreme Court is split politically, according to a new C-SPAN poll released Tuesday.  —  The online poll, conducted by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) for C-SPAN from July 1 to July 6 …

Obama defends IRS, says tea party targeting didn't happen  —  President Obama defended the IRS Tuesday in an interview with “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, saying the tea party targeting scandal was actually Congress's fault for passing “a crummy law” and that the real problem is the agency doesn't have enough money.

Army chief Odierno, in exit interview, says US could have ‘prevented’ ISIS rise  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Army's top officer told Fox News Tuesday it's “frustrating” to watch the gains he helped achieve in Iraq disintegrate at the hands of the Islamic State, saying in an exit interview that the chaos now unfolding …

Common Core Politics and Elections: Where the Standards Stand Amid No Child Left Behind Rewrite, Post-Testing Glitches (HEAT MAP)  —  With presidential campaigns gearing up alongside pending education overhaul in Congress, education's latest political punching bag is taking bigger blows.

Sources: Navy officer, Marine fought to take out Chattanooga gunman  —  A Navy officer and a Marine fired their sidearms hoping to kill or subdue the gunman who murdered five service members last week in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to multiple military officials familiar with internal reporting on the tragedy.