Former White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door hearing for nearly seven hours. CBS News Capitol Hill reporter Rebecca Kaplan joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with analysis, and USA Today’s Washington bureau chief Susan Page and CBS Miami’s political director Jim Defede have more political headlines. Source

Iowa voters are reading up on the Democratic candidates for president with the 2020 Book Club. The group has become so popular, candidates themselves are joining the meetings. Andrea Phillips, founder of the group and vice chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss the club. Source

Officials in the Dominican Republic revealed baseball superstar David Ortiz was not the intended target of a hit. Ortiz continues to recover from the shooting at a hospital in Boston. Mola Lenghi reports. Source

The former Boston Red Sox star is still recovering after he was shot in the back in the Dominican Republic Source

Several of Biden’s 2020 Democratic primary competitors jumped on his remarks about segregationist senators on Wednesday Source

High-profile sexual harassment claims slid to their lowest level in May, according to Temin and Company’s #MeToo Index. Source

The number of highly publicized accusations of sexual assault or misconduct is down sharply, “#MeToo Index” shows Source

Cult leaders and their followers have left people hurt and in some cases, have left scores of people dead Source

AAA says in the last 30 days, almost 15 million drivers got behind the wheel within an hour of using marijuana Source

A watchdog group identified thousands of disturbing posts from officers in eight jurisdictions across the country Source