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9:55 AM ET, July 13, 2026

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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️  —  The sudden death this weekend of Lindsey Graham at age 71 — young …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Lindsey O. Graham, A Politician in Full … When then-Rep. Lindsey O. Graham first ran for the Senate in 2002, it was the end of an era.  Graham was seeking to replace the soon-to-be-100 Sen. Strom Thurmond, and South Carolina's junior senator, Fritz Hollings, was eyeing retirement two years later.
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:
Graham's Death Leaves Void for Trump, Global Allies  —  On Ukraine, Iran and more, Graham held Trump's ear like few others. … Graham's Void  —  Lindsey Graham's sudden death will be felt well beyond Washington and South Carolina.  —  The Republican senator and Donald Trump confidant …
Olivia Diaz / New York Times:
What We Know About Lindsey Graham's Final Days
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Lindsey Graham joked 'I can't die now' after complaining he felt unwell hours before sudden death at 71
Politico:
Washington wonders at Graham replacement
Discussion: MS NOW and The Guardian
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Graham's journey with Trump embodies how the Republican Party has changed
Politico:
A scramble for power has already begun after Lindsey Graham's death
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Quintessential Politician of This Era
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
Lindsey Graham's Career of Contradictions
Adam Bartow / WMTW-TV:
Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says  —  Pool Street in Biddeford was closed Monday morning near Hill Street and there was a significant police presence in the area.  —  Police confirmed the closure to Maine's Total Coverage at 8:15 a.m.  —  Police said there was no threat to the public.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Morgan Womack / Portland Press-Herald:
Live updates: Shooting reported in Biddeford, potentially involving federal agents  —  One person may be dead after a shooting that may have involved federal immigration agents.  —  Community:  —  2 min readFont size +  —  A person may be dead in an apparent shooting in Biddeford Monday morning.
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Katharine Jackson / Reuters:
Trump says the US should control the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for it  —  President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would probably take over the Strait of Hormuz and should be reimbursed for controlling the vital waterway.  —  “We're going to keep the strait, and we'll probably run it.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US and Iran vie for Strait of Hormuz, waterway key to global energy supplies, in latest attacks  —  The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
U.S. and Iran exchange strikes as Strait of Hormuz standoff escalates
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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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
McConnell says he 'won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet'
Discussion: ABC News, USA Today and CBS News
New York Times:
Inside Israel's Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejad … Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's former leader, was known for accelerating Iran's nuclear program and his anti-Israel views.Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Discussion: New York Post
Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
Peters endorses Stevens in tight Michigan Senate primary contest  —  Washington ― Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters on Monday waded into the messy Democratic primary contest to fill his seat after months on the sidelines, getting behind fellow Oakland County lawmaker Haley Stevens.
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David Rohde / MS NOW:
Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents  —  A new White House task force reviewing thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law enforcement documents for evidence of irregularities in U.S. elections is expected to begin releasing documents within weeks …
Discussion: NBC News
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Josh Meyer / USA Today:
Trump moves to tighten federal control of elections ahead of midterms
Discussion: DCReport.org and Election Law Blog
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Secret Scramble Behind Trump's Embarrassing Vanity Flight Exposed  —  TRUMP AIRLINES  —  President Trump has pushed a tenuous theory that white South African farmers have been subjected to “genocide.”  —  The Trump administration chartered an almost empty flight to take white refugees from South Africa to the U.S.
Discussion: CNN
Politico:
Vance's tough talk on Israel is alienating some Jewish GOP donors  —  JD Vance has an Israel problem.  —  The vice president's pugnacious defense of a ceasefire agreement with Iran that rattled Israeli diplomats — and his tough talk on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
The House's top progressive thinks Democrats are failing on AI  —  The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus says Democrats are “in the wilderness” when it comes to artificial intelligence — warning that members of his party are being cowed by special interests and must look beyond data centers …
Politico:
House Republicans left DC in a jam.  It's not clear when they'll get out of it. … First, they'll have to put down a weekslong internal revolt that has ground the House floor to a halt.  —  Taking cues from President Donald Trump, hard-liners are falling in behind Rep. Anna Paulina Luna …
Discussion: CBS News, Roll Call and Raw Story
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
What Is an Aortic Dissection?  —  The condition that killed Senator Lindsey Graham is deadly, sudden and difficult to treat — “like a knife to the back,” one expert said.  —  On Saturday night, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, died of an aortic dissection …
Discussion: The Independent
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Preliminary findings reveal Graham died of “aortic dissection”: Medical examiner
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
Schiff Says Newly Uncovered Documents Show Additional Spending on Trump Banners Across Washington  —  Senator Adam Schiff's office says newly uncovered government documents reveal additional Trump administration contracts to produce and install large promotional banners on federal buildings in Washington …
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
One Weird Trick for Torpedoing Todd Blanche's Hearing  —  Trump voters tell me again and again they're disappointed with the president over one thing.  It could complicate his hopes for a new attorney general.  —  ∙ Paid  —  WHEN ATTORNEY GENERAL-DESIGNATE Todd Blanche appears …
Discussion: emptywheel
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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