Today in News History

On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1934, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian engineer and astronaut was born. In 1951, Rob Bishop, American educator and politician was born. In 1962, In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. In 1969, Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan political scientist and politician was born. In 1985, Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. In 1997, Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (born 1968) passed away. In 1999, Konstantinos Kollias, Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1901) passed away. In 2013, Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924) passed away. In 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) passed away. In 2024, President of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

How Lindsey Graham, Eager to Serve Trump, Became a Useful Idiot for Putin

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July 12, 2026

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Within moments of the early Sunday morning announcement that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had died, there was much obvious commentary about his journey from Trump foe to Trump suck-up. During the 2016 GOP presidential primary, when Graham was competing with the onetime reality TV celebrity, he blasted Donald Trump as a “demagogue” and a “race-baiting, []

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Washington Examiner

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· Jul 12, 2026

Graham’s reputation as major foreign policy voice exemplified by final day in Ukraine

Former Sen. Lindsey Graham solidified his reputation as a foreign policy-focused presence in Congress with a bookend visit to Ukraine, where he spent part of his final day. Graham made his 10th wartime visit to Ukraine in the days before his death, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. He also toured a secret []

RedState

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· Jul 12, 2026

Watch: Trump Weighs in on Lindsey Graham's 'Finest Moment' - Highlights on Kavanaugh

Watch: Trump Weighs in on Lindsey Graham's 'Finest Moment' - Highlights on Kavanaugh

Fox News

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· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator who rose from small-town roots to GOP power broker, dies at 71

Sen. Lindsey Graham rose from running his family's South Carolina cafe to becoming one of Trump's closest allies on national security policy.

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· Jul 12, 2026

Opinion: Let’s Remember the Real Lindsey Graham: Evil’s Shape-Shifting Enabler

Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesIsraeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a bona fide monster, hailed Senator Lindsey Graham as a beacon of “moral clarity.” Donald Trump, a man whose name is now synonymous with corruption and hatred, called Graham “a true American patriot.” Meanwhile Democrats in Washington, praised his warmth or recounted aspects of their friendship with him, calling him a “good man.” The disconnect reveals more about what is wrong with Washington, D.C., than it does about Graham.Read more at The Daily Beast.

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· Jun 23, 2026

Meghan McCain Criticizes JD Vance’s “Coziness with America’s Enemies”

Conservative political pundit Meghan McCain, who has urged President Trump to stop sending Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a media “surrogate” to talk about the war in Iran, on Monday criticized Vice President JD Vance as he negotiates with Iran in Switzerland, where Qatari and Pakistani leaders are serving as mediators. In between meetings, Vance []

Fortune

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· Jul 12, 2026

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk who became a close Trump ally, dies suddenly at 71

Graham was one of the most influential figures in Washington on foreign policy, and he advised Trump on matters such as Iran and Russia.

Kathimerini

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· Jun 29, 2026

Trump ‘did not really know’ what the war objectives were in Iran

John Bolton served as national security advisor to Donald Trump from 2018 to 2019. Since then, the “tough” diplomat has become one of the US president’s fiercest critics.

Real Clear Politics

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· Jul 13, 2026

Lindsey Graham: Senator, Soldier and Statesman

Lindsey Graham: Senator, Soldier and Statesman

Powerline

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· Jun 26, 2026

Bolton Pleads Guilty

We long were fans of John Bolton, because of his generally hawkish and pragmatic foreign policy views. But his career devolved into bitter anti-Trumpism, and today it came to an ignominious end as Bolton pled guilty to mishandling classified information: President Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of hoarding national defense information while working in the White House, leaving the 77-year-old facing

The i Paper

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· Jul 12, 2026

The death of Trump’s senate champion leaves him deeply alone

Lindsey Graham was a personal friend to the President and outspoken supporter of overseas interventions

Twitchy

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· Jul 12, 2026

Mitt Romney Remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham With Ukraine on the Brain

Mitt Romney Remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham With Ukraine on the Brain

Daily Sabah

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· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham leaves behind mixed legacy on Türkiye

A neocon turned staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham was known for his hawkish stance on relations with Türkiye, his country’s main ally in NATO. This s...

Tampa Free Press

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· Jun 21, 2026

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump Will Seize Strait Of Hormuz If Iran Talks Fail

In an interview Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, Senator Lindsey Graham clarified his position on a proposed 300 billion fund aimed at Iran. Graham had previously criticized the concept as “tone-deaf” and compared it to a “Marshall Plan for Germany with the Nazis still in charge.” However, he told moderator Margaret Brennan that he [] South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump Will Seize Strait Of Hormuz If Iran Talks Fail

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· Jul 6, 2026

Got Em! Trump Zings Ted Cruz About His Chances of Joining the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump joked that Ted Cruz is the only SCOTUS appointee who could possibly earn unanimous 100 votes from the U.S. Senate, stating that Republicans would all vote for him and that Democrats would vote for him to get him “the hell out” of the Senate. #shorts

CBC News

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· Jul 12, 2026

U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta rupture: medical examiner

Lindsey Graham, 71, was a prominent Republican ​senator from South Carolina. Earlier in ​his career, he was a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump ​before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill.

DNyuz

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· Jun 28, 2026

Trump unloads on ‘lunatic’ John Bolton after ex-aide pleads guilty in classified docs case

President Trump on Friday mocked former National Security Advisor John Bolton after his one-time aide admitted to mishandling a classified national defense document. Bolton pleaded guilty hours earlier during a hearing in US District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, to one count of unauthorized possession of a national defense document. His guilty plea was part of a []

Drudge Report

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· Jul 12, 2026

FLASHBACK: Graham says Trump is a 'race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot'...

FLASHBACK: Graham says Trump is a 'race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot'... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:'We will get destroyed and we will deserve it'... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron

Bloomberg

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· Jul 13, 2026

The Three Pillars of Graham's Legacy

From Donald Trump skeptic to one of the president's closest allies, Lindsey Graham spent decades shaping US foreign policy and the Republican Party. Here's a look at the South Carolina senator's political legacy following his death at 71. (Source: Bloomberg)

Off The Press

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· Jul 9, 2026

Jeb Bush Warns of Cuba’s Fleet of Iranian Suicide Drones

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and 2016 presidential candidate, praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for crippling Iran’s ability to stoke instability in the Middle East. But Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush, warned of a threat to the U.S. mainland from hundreds of kamikaze drones supplied to Cuba from Tehran. In []...Click to read more

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 2, 2026

‘We’ll have a threesome’: Trump draws laughter with joke about eldest sons

US President Donald Trump has made an awkwardly worded joke during his visit to North Dakota. President Trump was delivering a speech when he made a joke about giving himself and his two eldest sons the Medal of Honour and made a bizarre gaffe. “As I see my two beautiful sons sitting there, I think I’m going to give one to myself, one to them, and we’ll have a threesome, ok?” President Trump said. “I’ll pick out one of the two, I’ll give them the Congressional Medal of Honour for something. For their genius at hunting, and I’ll get one for taking on Russia, Russia, Russia or something, and we’ll have a third pair. No, I’m only kidding.”

Loonie Politics

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· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham’s journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power

Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate. A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the wisecracking Graham was known for [] The post Lindsey Graham’s journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power appeared first on Loonie Politics.

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· Jul 12, 2026

Pivotal US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71

US Senator Lindsey Graham was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill

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· Jul 13, 2026

Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 after More Than Three Decades in Congress

Lindsey Graham's career spanned more than 30 years in Congress, where he became a leading voice on foreign policy and conservative issues. Friends and colleagues are remembering both his convictions and the personal compassion that shaped his public service.

Us Weekly

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· Jul 1, 2026

Karlie Kloss Reveals Whether She’s Met President Donald Trump

Karlie Kloss is addressing her connection to the Trump family through her marriage to husband Joshua Kushner. “Well, I know who I am,” the model, 33, said in a Wednesday, July 1, interview with Bloomberg Originals. “I know the values that guide my life and the issues that I care about. So, you know, I []

Legal Insurrection

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· Jul 12, 2026

Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings

I would never do to them what you've done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I've been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy. The post Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Al Jazeera

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· Jul 12, 2026

What made US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a controversial figure

Graham was known for his hawkish views on US defence and foreign policies.

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· Jul 13, 2026

Death of a Senator: Lindsey Graham – Media Hysteria & Practical Reality

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (included in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring) of South Carolina has passed. He was a man dedicated to his own lights which included American Outward Militarism and Israel. Whatever his faults, he served the United States in the Armed Forces over three decades.

BRICS News

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· Jul 13, 2026

[Photo] JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran calls late US Senator Lindsey Graham "malicious"

JUST IN: Iran calls late US Senator Lindsey Graham malicious following his sudden death.@BRICSNews

OpsLens

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· Jul 12, 2026

‘One of the greatest people’: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham unexpectedly dead from ‘brief and sudden illness’ * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

Source link U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Legendary U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a key ally of President Donald Trump who recently was known for his strong stance against a

The Independent

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· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham, one of the Senate’s most influential Republicans, dies at 71

A Senator since 2003, Graham had been a vocal advocate for a muscular, hawkish foreign policy

Kyiv Post

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· Jul 11, 2026

US Senator Lindsey Graham Praises Ukrainian Drone Tech During Visit to SkyFall Plant

US Senator Lindsey Graham toured a production facility of SkyFall, a leading Ukrainian defense-technology company. Graham observed the manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems, including “Vampire” bomber drones, “Shrike” FPVs, and “Shahed” interceptors. The Senator highly praised Ukraine’s rapid advancements in drone warfare. Noting that the technologies produced are some of the most advanced globally, Graham emphasized that it would be a “huge mistake” for the US not to forge a strong technological partnership with Ukraine in the field of defense innovation.

The Hill

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· Jul 12, 2026

Trump says he spoke with Graham before late senator's death: 'It could have been his last call'

President Trump said he spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) before his death on Saturday, stating that the South Carolina senator “sounded a little tired.” “He called and he said, ‘We're all set for the SAVE America Act.’ He was pushing the SAVE America Act like crazy, Trump told NBC News's Kristen Welker on Meet...

Anadolu Agency

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· Jun 27, 2026

Trump nominates Lance Schroyer as next ICE director

US president describes Schroyer as 'PATRIOT with real operational experience, and proven leader with DECADES of experience locking up the worst of the worst'

Lawyers, Guns & Money

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· Jul 13, 2026

On the other hand, he really liked dogs

One thing that I was actually wondering about just a bit is whether the fact that Lindsey Graham had turned himself into the most disgusting imaginable lickspittle for Donald Trump and Trumpism, even though he was fully aware of how contemptible Trump is, would somehow affect the ancient transoceanic practice that Orwell noted at the [] The post On the other hand, he really liked dogs appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

ABC7 New York

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· Jul 12, 2026

From staunch critic to fierce ally: Graham's long, strange and consequential friendship with Trump

From staunch critic to fierce ally: Graham's long, strange and consequential friendship with Trump

Al Bawaba

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· Jul 13, 2026

"I can’t die right now:" Lindsey Graham joked about Russia sanctions before death

ALBAWABA - Hours before his death, Axios reported that U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham joked about pushing through sanctions against Russia, hours before dying...

USA TODAY

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· Jul 7, 2026

Exclusive 2016 Mitch McConnell interview with USA TODAY shows senator's evolution on Trump, Iran

In 2016, Sen. Mitch McConnell gave an exclusive interview with USA TODAY's Susan Page. The conversation covered his relationship with President Barack Obama, his evolution on then-candidate Donald Trump, his experience with polio as a child and other topics. In 2026, Sen. McConnell was hospitalized, his office said, without providing further details about what the senator is being treated for.

The Daily Signal

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· Jun 26, 2026

Bolton Pleads Guilty in Classified Information Case

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became a critic of the president, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of retaining national security information. This was a plea deal for Bolton, who also served as a recess-appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the George W. Bush administration. It...

Knewz

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· Jul 2, 2026

Karlie Kloss makes rare comment about the Trump family

Karlie Kloss has addressed her family’s connection to Donald Trump, saying she has never met the president. The model, who’s married to venture capitalist Josh Kushner, made the comments in an interview with Bloomberg Originals published July 1. Jared Kushner is married to Donald’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, making Karlie related to the president by marriage...

The Jerusalem Post

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· Jul 12, 2026

Senator Lindsey Graham, staunch Israel supporter, dies at 71 from 'brief and sudden illness'

Graham, 71, was a prominent Republican senator from South Carolina. Earlier in his career, he was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies.

Global News

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· Jul 12, 2026

Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after brief, unexpected illness

Sen. Lindsey Graham was one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress and traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy.

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