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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump's sons invest heavily in defense tech as father's administration pours money in  —  Most investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have taken place since their father's reelection.  —  President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have amassed …

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 …

The one thing MAGA nativists get right  —  President Donald Trump blames immigrants for virtually every problem in American economic life.  In the president's telling, the undocumented have been taking American-born citizens' jobs, lowering their wages, driving up their costs, and bankrupting their welfare programs.

The new push to transform America's racist landmarks  —  A former Ku Klux Klan hall in Texas is becoming an arts center — one of several racist landmarks across the U.S. that communities are trying to turn from symbols of terror into sites of reparation.

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 …