NPR News: 07-14-2026 3AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. In Washington, Congress is back on Capitol Hill following the July Fourth holiday break. The Senate will be getting back to work without South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend at age seventy-one. NPR's Claudia Grisales.

Claudia Grisales0:19

It's going to make a difficult season for the Senate even harder, and that is because Graham had such an outsized influence, starting with the Budget Committee. For example, one, one goal we've heard from House Republicans, for example, is to put together a partisan spending plan. But without the chair of the Senate Budget Committee now, senators are gonna have to scramble and decide how to recalibrate there.

Giles Snyder· Host0:45

Graham's temporary replacement is expected to be sworn in Tuesday afternoon. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster called on Graham's sister Darlene to fill out the rest of his term through January. Monday morning's fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Maine came less than a week after an ICE agent shot and killed a man in Houston, Texas. The district attorney in Harris County says his office still trying to obtain evidence from federal investigators. Houston Public Media's Kyle McClenaghan reports.

Kyle McClenaghan1:14

Last week, Harris County DA Sean Teare announced his office would be conducting its own investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed by federal agents after they tried to pull him over. This week, Teare says his office is still asking for cooperation.