The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) this weekend marks a shocking blow for Senate Republicans who leaned on his decades of experience and close relationship to the White House. In the short term, it’s also complicating their already shaky whip count as leadership deals with a pile-up of legislative headaches, the most immediate […]
Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we get the inside line on President Donald Trump’s plans for the midterm convention and how he will use it to seize control of November’s elections. Plus, we cast our eye on an interestingly brief tribute to Lindsey Graham from one of his most quotable colleagues … […]
Daylight saving time could be on the way out as Congress takes up legislation that would make the seasonal time change permanent. The House is expected to vote this week on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would require the nation to recognize daylight saving time year-round. If the bill passes, the Senate will take it up next. […]
President Donald Trump called for Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), to serve as a placeholder senator in the wake of his death. Graham, who had previously been diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, died over the weekend after an emergency medical episode. Graham was 71 years old. “I recommended, to […]
The late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, is making her appeal to South Carolinians, seeing a chance to flip the seat after the longtime incumbent’s death. Prior to the four-term senator’s death on Saturday, the race seemed cut-and-dried, as Graham was widely viewed as a shoo-in for the general election in November. […]
EXCLUSIVE — A coalition of conservatives and legal groups sent a letter to Congress on Monday urging lawmakers to pass the “Keep 9” constitutional amendment to curb Democrats’ threats of adding additional justices to the Supreme Court. The Constitution does not set the Supreme Court at a specific number of justices, but the high court’s […]
President Donald Trump said the Secret Service “blew it” when law enforcement failed to secure the outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was almost fatally shot two years ago to the date on Monday. His remarks were in response to a recent report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. The […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s cause of death Saturday evening was an aortic dissection, according to a Washington, D.C., medical examiner, following the South Carolina Republican’s office saying he died following a “brief and sudden illness.” Prior to his death, Graham was diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which was the main factor that led to the aortic […]
President Donald Trump bemoaned the Iranian government’s penchant for stalling after an alleged 11-hour meeting on Sunday. Trump continued his descent into pessimism over the possibility of a deal with Iran on Monday morning. By the president’s own account, Iranian negotiators held an 11-hour meeting on Sunday to discuss details of the agreement under negotiation, […]
The United Kingdom designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group on Monday after it accused the proxy group of being behind a string of attacks on Jewish centers on behalf of Iran. The U.K. had been an outlier in the Western world after the European Union designated the group a terrorist organization following […]
