The U.S. national debt has surpassed $35 trillion for the first time. The financial hole is mounting quicker than most economists had predicted. David Wessel, senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, joins CBS News to assess the problem. Source

Thousands of people across Venezuela have taken to the streets to protest President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed election victory. Officials in the U.S. have joined several other countries in calling for transparency and the release of the voting results. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano reports from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Source

Israel launched a strike against Hezbollah Tuesday in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut. The Israeli military says the strike was in response to a weekend attack that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab is at the scene in Beirut. Source

It took less than one week for Northern California’s Park Fire to burn more than 383,000 acres, which is the equivalent of nearly half of the entire surface area of Rhode Island. As of Tuesday evening, the fire was only 14% contained. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti is on the ground in Chico, California, with a look at the conditions. Source

Simone Biles made a triumphant comeback Tuesday at the Paris Olympics after dropping out of the 2020 Games, competing on the beam, uneven bars, vault and floor to bring the women’s gymnastics team to gold. It’s Biles’ eighth Olympic medal, making her the most decorated American gymnast. CBS Saturday Morning co-host and CBS News and sports correspondent Dana Jacobson joins from Paris with more. Source

Both the Trump and Harris campaigns have made the first big ad buys of the newly-formed 2024 race. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins to unpack the messaging behind the ads. Source

John Dickerson reports on Israel’s deadly retaliatory strike in Lebanon, the Senate’s harsh questioning of Secret Service and FBI officials, and Team USA’s big celebrations at the Paris Olympics. Source

Top Secret Service and FBI officials faced harsh questioning on Capitol Hill Tuesday at a Senate hearing concerning the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said the agency was ultimately responsible, adding he was “ashamed.” CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports. Source

The Israeli military struck the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on Tuesday. The strike targeted a Hezbollah military commander that Israel believes was behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 teens and children in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more from Jerusalem. Source

Harm reduction focuses on preventing drug overdoses and the spread of infectious diseases rather than urging abstinence. Source