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Fox News host Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) WallaceTrump’s tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party Top Democrat blasts Trump’s ‘racist tweet’ about progressive congresswomen Conway: House investigations are ‘combovers doing a do-over’ MORE on Sunday pressed White House senior adviser Stephen MillerStephen MillerHere are the top paid White House staffers Top Democrats question legal basis for appointing Cuccinelli as temporary immigration chief Five memorable moments from Sarah Sanders at the White House…

Video Eric Shawn: Iran is at it again MIT’S Jim Walsh on the oil tanker tit for tat. An audio recording emerged Sunday of a British Navy frigate trying to stop Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from seizing a U.K.-flagged tanker two days ago. In the recording, released by maritime security firm Dryad Global, an Iranian vessel tells HMS Montrose it wants to inspect the Stena Imperio for security reasons, according to the…

President Donald Trump on Sunday again ripped into four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who’ve been the target of his sustained attacks, calling them “weak” and “insecure” minutes after blasting a Washington Post story on the fallout over his initial comments about the members a week earlier. “I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country,” Trump tweeted. “They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful)…

Video Lara Trump says progressive ‘Squad’ members do not represent American women, previews Democratic debate Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley have very extreme ideas and constantly dump on our country, says Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser Lara Trump. Lara Trump fired back Saturday against critics who’ve asserted that the “Send her back!” chant at President Trump’s recent rally in North Carolina was planned, instead of…

Media captionA Royal Navy frigate can be heard warning Iranian armed forces, before the oil tanker is seized A recording has emerged of radio exchanges between a Royal Navy frigate and Iranian armed forces vessels, moments before a UK-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf on Friday. In the recording, an Iranian vessel tells HMS Montrose it wants to inspect the Stena Impero for security reasons. Chancellor Philip Hammond…

A younger Boris Johnson in his office, with bound volumes of the Spectator magazine behind him. (Neville Elder/Corbis/Getty Images) William Booth Karla Adam July 20 at 2:05 PM LONDON — Boris Johnson, the far-ahead front-runner to become Britain’s prime minister this week, waved a vacuum-packed fish over his head and railed at the European Union. A kipper smoker on the Isle of Man, Johnson said Wednesday, “has had his costs…

Photo: Susan Walsh (AP) Some 34 states faced record temperatures on Saturday as a relentless heat wave stretched from the Texas Panhandle to northern Maine. The National Weather Service said a “dangerous heat wave” would continue through Sunday in the Eastern U.S., while strong and severe thunderstorms were expected to cool off the Midwest and Upper Great Lakes by Sunday, although the storms brought their own risks. East Coast residents,…

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have released footage showing a British oil tanker being seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The Stena Impero tanker “was confiscated by the Revolutionary Guards at the request of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organisation when passing through the Strait of Hormuz, for failing to respect international maritime rules”. The video of the incident showed Iranian soldiers in black ski masks rappelling…

Video Eric Shawn: Pres. Trump vs. ‘The Squad’ The battle with the White House, and for the soul of the Democratic Party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., disputed President Trump’s account of his Wednesday night rally in North Carolina, claiming that he “relished” the audience’s chants about sending Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., back to her native country. “He kind of presided over the situation, he relished it, he took it in,”…

Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP hide caption toggle caption Stena Bulk/AP Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP The U.K. Foreign Office is summoning the Iranian charge d’affaires following Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in…

Biscuit baked in car in Nebraska It’s so hot in Nebraska the National Weather Service basked biscuits using only the sun National Weather Service Omaha The National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, baked biscuits in a parked car using only the heat of the sun. The agency put four biscuits on a baking sheet, then left them on the dashboard of a parked car in the sun to begin its…

Colby Itkowitz July 20 at 12:33 PM President Trump retweeted a far-right British commentator Saturday morning who suggested “send her back!” is the 2020 version of “lock her up!” The president, who spent Saturday morning retweeting people praising and defending him, promoted four tweets from Katie Hopkins, including one that showed a clip of Trump speaking about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) at a political rally this week. Trump paused while…

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In a meeting with victims of religious persecution on Wednesday, President Donald Trump repeatedly appeared to be unaware of many of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises. Trump met with more than two dozen survivors of religious conflict, a few of whom told their stories — and made impassioned entreaties for aid — directly to the president. As he asked questions of his guests, the president seemed to reveal a…

David Martin David Martin is CBS News’ National Security Correspondent.

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Image copyright Getty Images This weekend, close to 200 million Americans will face temperatures of 90F (32C) and higher. Add in humidity, and many cities across the East Coast and Midwest will be feeling more like 110F (43C). Heat waves have killed more people on average than any other extreme weather event in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Officials define extreme heat as a period…

Video Puerto Rican governor defiant amid resignation demands Protesters demanding Gov. Rossello resign; Jeff Paul reports from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló official residence remains under siege as hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered this week outside the La Fortaleza that serves as the governor’s official residence. Puerto Ricans are calling for Rosselló’s resignation after leaked online chats show him insulting women, political opponents and mocking victims…