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Olivia Diaz / New York Times:
What We Know About Lindsey Graham's Final Days — Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election. — Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, likely died on Saturday from a tear in his aorta …
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Trump Recalls Last Conversation With Lindsey Graham Before His Death — In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded “perfect,” he said. — President Trump praised Senator Lindsey Graham as a …
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NBC News:
Republicans scramble to find a replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham ahead of the midterm elections — President Donald Trump told NBC News that he has someone in mind that he'd like to see replace the late South Carolina senator but declined to name them.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Quintessential Politician of This Era — The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA. — In his way, the late Lindsey Graham, who unexpectedly died Saturday evening, was the consummate politician of our time. The Republican senator from South Carolina …
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Lindsey Graham's sudden death could hamstring Trump's Senate agenda — after rogues and Mitch McConnell cut margin — WASHINGTON — The tragic, sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has left a void in the Senate and shrunk the GOP's majority in the upper chamber, while sparking a mad dash to fill his shoes.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Preliminary findings reveal Graham died of “aortic dissection”: Medical examiner — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died on Saturday of an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the office of the D.C. Chief Medical Examiner said Sunday.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Graham's Death Highlights Congress's Age Issue — By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old. — For more than a month since Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, entered the hospital …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Ron Johnson ‘prepared’ to take over Senate Budget Committee after Graham's death
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Nancy Mace eyes run for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
Nancy Mace eyes run for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
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Paul Kane / NOTUS:
Lindsey Graham's Career of Contradictions
Lindsey Graham's Career of Contradictions
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Steve Schmidt / The Warning with Steve Schmidt:
Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
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Benjy Sarlin / Vox:
Lindsey Graham sacrificed his reputation to Donald Trump. He got plenty in return.
Lindsey Graham sacrificed his reputation to Donald Trump. He got plenty in return.
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Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat
Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat
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Associated Press:
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican's health.
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McConnell says he was hospitalized due to a fall and contracted pneumonia — The update comes after weeks of silence about his condition and growing questions over the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican's health. — Summary — Sen. Mitch McConnell said Sunday that his hospitalization …
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell:
Statement From Senator Mitch McConnell — WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following note to constituents regarding his hospitalization and recovery: — “To my fellow Kentuckians - — “When you elected me to a seventh term and made me our Commonwealth's …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
McConnell says he 'won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet'
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Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
Sen. Mitch McConnell says he was hospitalized due to a fall last month
New York Times:
How Trump Failed to Secure the Strait of Hormuz in His Iran Deal — President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran's military is violently asserting authority. — For two months, under a quiet arrangement with the U.S. Navy …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Aspiring to Regional Domination, Iran Is Ready to Escalate Over Hormuz
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New York Times:
States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount's Merger With Warner Bros. — State attorneys general are said to be getting ready to file a lawsuit as soon as this week to halt the $111 billion deal, a potential major obstacle. — A group of states are preparing to file a lawsuit …
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Natalie Korach / Status:
The Times' Subpoena Showdown … Over the last few days, as The New York Times braces for a potential precedent-setting legal showdown with the Trump administration over press freedom, the newspaper's top leadership has been in close contact with the five reporters targeted by federal prosecutors …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump. A new poll shows they're furious at his deportations. — Benny Melendez voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. But since Trump returned to the White House, it has been increasingly difficult for Melendez to run his small construction company in south Texas.
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen Helped Convict Trump. Now, He's Making Nice Again. — A previously unreported encounter last summer set the stage for a rapprochement between the president and his former fixer, who has so far avoided the diatribes and prosecutions that President Trump has directed at other critics.
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David Welch / Bloomberg:
DOJ Investigating Allegations Against UAW President Fain — The US Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into allegations that the head of the United Auto Workers pressured another high-ranking union official to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister …
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