Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran.  The announcement comes just before one of two large-scale joint annual exercises …

Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump's Gaza Plan  —  The president's son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group's leaders in Egypt, officials said.  He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and close adviser …

Fox Host Trashes U.S. Sailors as ‘Weak’ for Speaking Out About Dire Conditions  —  Fox News host Joey Jones mocked service members speaking out about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln  —  Key Points … Fox News host Joey Jones lashed out at U.S. service members who have spoken publicly …

Blanche won't pledge DOJ independence from Trump  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to pledge the Justice Department's independence from the White House, saying he would consider President Trump's views on individual prosecutions. … Blanche made the stakes clear …

Iran's Secret Plan to Escalate the War  —  Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by hard-line leaders to raise the costs for the U.S. and its regional allies  —  After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June …

CBS News poll on whether Democrats split over socialism, and how Americans see parties in today's economy  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Most Americans believe a free market system is a good thing.  —  Americans are net-negative on socialism.  Capitalism is better-liked.

Trump blames vandals for damaged grass in the same spot where he held his big July 4 celebration  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday said vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the same spot where Trump had a stage built and hosted crowds for his July 4 celebration.

Hook and Squeeze  —  This investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology.  The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests for comment were sent.

Far-right Israeli minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night  —  Itamar Ben-Gvir also calls for re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave  —  Israel should be killing “30 to 40” people each night in Gaza and should build Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave …

We need to care about Trump's CIA murdering fishermen on the high seas  —  One of the worst things about Donald Trump's America in the 2020s — I know, I know, it's hard to pick — is the return of all the horrible stuff that you foolishly thought our flawed nation was done with after the reckonings of the 1970s.

Trump accuses Democrats of ‘trickery’ over candidate with same name as Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan  —  Republican Dan J. Sullivan is challenging GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.  —  Dan J. Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection …

How AOC is rewriting her own “Woke 1” history  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is laughing off “Woke 1.”  But she's carrying baggage from the 2020 era of cultural progressivism that some Democrats say is an obstacle to a future presidential run.