NPR News: 07-14-2026 2AM EDT

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Darline Graham is expected to be sworn in as a US senator Tuesday afternoon. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appointed Graham Monday as her late brother Lindsey Graham's temporary replacement Lindsey took care of his little sister in years long departed.

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It's my honor to ask his little sister, Darline Graham, to finish his work for him now Darline Graham is President Trump's preferred choice and will serve the remaining months of her brother's term, which ends in January.

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A special primary election to determine a new Republican nominee to contest the seat in November has been scheduled for August eleventh. US military says it has completed a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, saying the attacks on military targets across the country lasted five hours. Iran, meanwhile, has claimed an attack on two tankers at the United Arab Emirates, says killed a person and wounded eight others. Stocks retreated and oil surged after President Trump said the US would reimpose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, as NPR's Rafael Nam reports Once again, financial markets are at the mercy of developments in Iran.

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