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11:50 AM ET, July 12, 2026

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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham dies after ‘sudden illness’; Trump says senator was like family  —  Graham died hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine.  Trump said he spoke with the senator Saturday evening and that “could've been his last call.”  —  Lindsey Graham, a longtime Republican senator from South Carolina …
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NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’  —  President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a “true American Patriot.” … WASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate …
Associated Press:
US Sen. Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says  —  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more muscular U.S. foreign policy abroad, died Saturday evening after a …
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Nancy Mace considering running for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat  —  Firebrand conservative Rep. Nancy Mace is eyeing a bid for Senate to fill the vacancy left by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death, according to two people familiar with her thinking, granted anonymity to detail private discussions.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Graham's death leaves Senate agenda in limbo  —  Lindsey Graham's death is poised to upend the Senate, where the GOP majority was already tight and the four-term South Carolina Republican loomed large in several immediate policy fights ahead of the midterms — putting the fate of multiple legislative priorities into question.
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat  —  Lindsey Graham's sudden, unexpected death will kick off a rapid campaign to pick the next likely senator from South Carolina — with a full six-year term on the line to replace the longtime senator.
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Trump says he spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham hours before his death  —  President Donald Trump said Sen. Lindsey Graham called him to discuss the SAVE America Act on Saturday.  —  President Donald Trump said in an interview on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham …
Associated Press:
Lindsey Graham  —  A tentative deal is reached to end the Iran war and Trump orders a stop to the US naval blockade  —  Evette and Wilson advance to runoff for South Carolina governor while Graham clinches nomination  —  AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina's state primary
Discussion: Staff Stories and Associated Press
Eric McDaniel / NPR:
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies at 71
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Hard-Liners in Iran Want to Keep Fighting America  —  With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran's conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States.  —  The striking prominence of red flags — a Shiite Muslim symbol for vengeance …
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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  U.S. Central Command said it had hit about 140 targets in Iran overnight after Tehran attacked a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.  Iran's military said it had responded by firing at U.S. targets in Jordan, Oman and Qatar.  —  Here's the latest.
Discussion: Reuters and The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. and Iran Ramp Up Attacks in Fight Over Strait of Hormuz
Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
US Launches Fresh Iran Strikes as Tehran Declares Hormuz Closed
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR:
An artist brought ‘I.C.E. pops’ to a Texas campus.  The show was shut down in days  —  An art exhibition by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose work comments on issues facing U.S. Latinos, seemed like a natural fit for the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton, north of Dallas.
Jon Finer / New York Times:
The World Is Cutting Ties With America.  It's Already Costing Us.  —  In March 2023, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, laid out a strategy for managing the coercive policies of China.  Europe, she argued, should “de-risk” from its dependence on the economic juggernaut …
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Tommy Robinson's Musk-funded Russia trip spurs call to defend UK democracy  —  Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow  —  The UK must do more to defend its democracy after it emerged that Elon Musk's family foundation …
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Ben Quinn / The Guardian:   Elon Musk's family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk's father
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI analysts fired after refusing to join Georgia 2020 election probe  —  The analysts, a husband and wife, told colleagues they did not believe the Trump administration's investigation was justified, sources told MS NOW.  —  Two Atlanta-based FBI intelligence analysts were fired last week …
New York Times:
Contrasts in War: Trump Sought an Exit.  Putin Pushed On.  Now Both Are Stuck.  —  The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump's personal law firm has a pipeline to top DOJ jobs  —  Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prestigious law firms in the world, has developed a mutually beneficial relationship with President Donald Trump — rankling some of the firm's top talent in the process.
New York Times:
White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting  —  The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.
 
 
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