The United States Central Command said Sunday afternoon it launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran attacked multiple Gulf states earlier Sunday and fired at vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “At 5 p.m. E.T today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) broke weeks of silence about his health on Sunday, saying he was hospitalized last month after he “took a fall” and he doesn’t expect “to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.” In a statement addressed to his constituents, McConnell revealed it was a fall that landed him in […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) reflected on his unlikely friendship with the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and on Graham’s role in advancing criminal justice reform following his death. In a social media video, Booker recalled approaching Graham about working together on criminal justice reform, only to be told that Graham was facing a difficult primary fight and […]
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sunday his agency is assisting local authorities in Washington, D.C., after four-term Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a close ally of President Donald Trump, died Saturday night following a “brief and sudden illness.” “The FBI is assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available,” Patel said in a […]
Iran expanded its retaliatory strikes into neutral Oman and the United Arab Emirates for the first time since May on Sunday after declaring the Strait of Hormuz was closed once again. Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones across the Gulf, targeting the largest swathes of nations since May. Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, the […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York reflected on the legacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), describing the longtime lawmaker as a central figure in some of Washington’s biggest political battles over the last three decades. “He’s been in Washington politics, in the center of whatever’s going on, for a long time,” York said on […]
President Donald Trump ordered all flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor former Sen. Lindsey Graham after his sudden death on Saturday. Graham was noted as one of Trump’s closest allies in the Senate, and the president spent much of Sunday commemorating him on news shows and on social media. He made a national […]
President Donald Trump took a jab at CNN during a rare appearance on the network Sunday, telling anchor Jake Tapper he was “trying to have CNN go on a normal path” after being invited back for another interview. The exchange came at the close of a phone interview on State of the Union in which […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed “juvenile delinquents” for stopping and harassing Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-CA) delegation in the West Bank. In a Saturday post on X, Khanna said that while visiting the West Bank, he was stopped and detained by “Israeli settlers, brandishing American-made M4s.” He said that when the Israel Defense Forces arrived at […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is eyeing former Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat as the state scrambles to find a replacement for the senator, who died on Saturday evening at age 71. “I’m never going to shut the door. I love the state of South Carolina. You only live once, and if the people of South Carolina […]
