Sen. Elizabeth Warren, citing Trump’s crypto windfall, urged Schumer and Thune to include ethics provisions.
- The rapper hired two operatives known more for antics than advocacy to help him secure clemency from Trump. Boosie is now fighting to retrieve $300,000 from them.
- NOTUS reposted
“Over 30 years in Congress, Graham maneuvered across the political spectrum in search of relevance and influence.” — @pkcapitol @NOTUSreports - A fall and “a mild case of pneumonia” caused Sen. Mitch McConnell’s weekslong absence from the Capitol, according to a statement released from the Kentucky Republican’s office.
- President Trump and U.S. Central Command disputed Iran’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz is closed “until further notice” after a weekend of strikes exchanged in the region muddled an already tenuous peace agreement.
- Sen. Lindsey Graham died of an “Aortic Dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease,” according to preliminary findings by the D.C. Medical Examiner’s office.
- Republicans were lining up — or at least publicly voicing their interest — to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as Gov. Henry McMaster weighs an interim appointment and Republicans look to a special election for a new nominee for the November ballot.
- NOTUS reposted
My @NOTUSreports column on 3 decades of Lindsey in Congress: He contradicted just about every position he ever took. He moved all over ideological map. He was Robin searching for his Batman. “Chaos monster,” one colleague said. But he was always in mix. - Over 30 years in Congress, Lindsey Graham maneuvered across the political spectrum in search of relevance and influence.
- President Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Sen. Lindsey Graham was pushing for the SAVE America Act in a call shortly before the senator's death.
- “The point of Project 2029 is not to move the party to the center or move the party to the left, it is to solve problems at the scale that is required,” Chad Maisel, the Project 2029 executive director, told NOTUS in an interview.
- Grassley’s letter demanded to know why Patel had purchased armored BMWs, a luxury European brand, instead of the typical American-made Chevy Suburban sport utility vehicles typically used by the bureau.
- “If I have anything to say about it, every Israeli found attacking Palestinian civilians or their property in the future will be sanctioned,” Rahm Emanuel, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate with close ties to Israel, said.
- The South Carolina senator “passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement.
