NPR News: 07-12-2026 3AM EDT

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Dale Willman· Host0:15

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died. A social media post from his communications director says Graham passed away Saturday night after a brief and sudden illness. Graham was seventy-one years old. Earlier in his career, he was a major critic of President Trump before he became one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said his family was devastated by the news of Graham's passing. He called him a fierce fighter for South Carolina and for America. Graham was first elected to the Senate in two thousand and two. Before that, he served in the US House of Representatives. The US military Saturday carried out another round of air strikes in Iran. The strikes came after Iran's Revolutionary Guards closed the Strait of Hormuz following a confrontation with a cargo ship. Iran says the vessel was using what it calls an illegal shipping route. Kashya Darjardi of the BBC is following developments.

Kashya Darjardi1:16

The Americans announced that in retaliation to this attack, they've hit several positions along the Iranian shoreline. These attacks comes as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps issued a statement announcing that the Strait of Hormuz