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.

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 …

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It  —  I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.  —  Though I hadn't touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting …

Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm  —  A second secretly recorded video released by an anti-abortion rights group appears to show an official from Planned Parenthood negotiating prices for selling fetal tissue.  —  The new video from the Center for Medical Progress highlights …

The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town  —  The shrubbery stirs in the breeze, which carries the odor of crushed asphalt.  —  Yellow paint is chipping off the curbs.  —  A single orange traffic cone sits in the revolving door that no longer revolves …

John Kasich: A Jeb Bush In Jon Huntsman Clothing  —  It reads like a dream résumé for a Republican presidential candidate: nine-term congressman, six-year Fox News host and now twice-elected governor of a crucial swing state.  His record puts him snugly in the mainstream of the Republican Party.

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” …

Op-Ed Republicans' ‘Munich’ fallacy  —  You have to feel sorry for Munich.  Home to museums, universities, beer halls and one spectacular glockenspiel, it gets international recognition instead for a misbegotten 1938 summit conference in which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain …

ISIS Transforming Into Functioning State That Uses Terror as Tool  —  ISTANBUL — The Islamic State uses terror to force obedience and frighten enemies.  It has seized territory, destroyed antiquities, slaughtered minorities, forced women into sexual slavery and turned children into killers.

Jeb Bush defends McCain, but supported Swift Boat attacks against Kerry  —  Washington (CNN)After Donald Trump questioned Republican Sen. John McCain's status as a war hero, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush quickly jumped to McCain's defense.  —  “Enough with the slanderous attacks.

Apple Profit Up 38%, but iPhone Sales Disappoint Wall Street  —  Apple's profit soared 38 percent and revenue rose 33 percent in its fiscal third quarter, as sales of iPhones continued to surge, yet the performance did not meet Wall Street's high expectations.

STATEMENT FROM AVID LIFE MEDIA, INC. JULY 20 - 12:25PM  —  We were recently made aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems.  We apologize for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information.  We have always had the confidentiality …

Arctic ice ‘grew by a third’ after cool summer in 2013  —  The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013.  —  Researchers say the growth continued in 2014 and more than compensated for losses recorded in the three previous years.

Avoiding the Trump Trap on Immigration  —  The GOP has an opportunity to win over Hispanic voters in 2016—and the party needs them.  Here's how to do it.  —  When Cory Gardner was persuaded by national Republican leaders to run for the Senate in Colorado against incumbent Democrat Mark Udall, he was a latecomer to the race.

Emma Thompson: the acting industry is more sexist today than it was in my youth  —  “I don't think there's any appreciable improvement and I think that for women, the question of how they are supposed to look is worse than it was even when I was young.  So, no, I am not impressed at all”

Transcript: Secretary Of State John Kerry On Cuba, Nuclear Deal With Iran  —  At the State Department in Washington on Monday, secretary of State John Kerry welcomed Bruno Rodriguez, the foreign Minister of Cuba.  Later in the day, Kerry sat down with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep …

House to vote on blocking federal grants to sanctuary cities  —  The House will vote this week on legislation that would deny funding to “sanctuary cities” that have policies designed to shelter illegal immigrants from deportation.  —  Sanctuary cities largely refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies.