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.

New Video Shows Aggressive Arrest of Sandra Bland Prior to Her Death in a Texas Jail  —  The county prosecutor says the 28-year-old black woman's case is “being treated just as it would be a murder investigation.”  —  On Tuesday, Texas officials released a police dash cam video showing …

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.”

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Crush Planned Parenthood  —  Caught in stomach-turning video, all it can apologize for is the tone.  —  Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards apologized last week for the uncompassionate tone her senior director of medical research, Deborah Nucatola, used to explain the process …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

What Was the Most Significant Airplane Flight in History? … Erica Jong, author, Fear of Flying  —  Amelia Earhart's last flight ended her life and gave birth to a myth.  —  Tom D. Crouch, senior curator for aeronautics, National Air and Space Museum  —  “Success four flights Thursday morning …