Longtime Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday night just two days after his 71st birthday. Graham, widely known for his hawkish foreign policy stance , had served in the Senate since 2003 when he succeeded 100-year-old segregationist Strom Thurmond. According to a statement posted by Graham’s X account early Sunday morning, the lawmaker died from “a brief and sudden illness” that was previously unreported. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement added. President Donald Trump, who had endorsed Graham’s reelection bid, called the deceased Republican “a true American Patriot” and “one of the greatest…Open
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The Israeli military launched a fresh wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, injuring seven people despite a US-brokered framework agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, Lebanese state media reported. Published July 12, 2026 [...]
The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed documents the arrival of the body of Iranian leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei to the Iraqi city of Karbala — the spiritual capital for over 200 million Shias — and explains why so many are drawing parallels between his killing at the hands of Trump and Netanyahu, and the slaying of the foundational figure of Shia Islam, Imam al-Hussein.
‘Iran’s actions in the Strait were wholly unacceptable’
The United States reimposed oil sanctions on Iran following reports of unprovoked attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. A letter from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the license that temporarily lifted oil sanctions on Iran issued June 21 has been “revoked,” with the effective date listed as July 7, 2026. Earlier Tuesday, Reuters reported that the U.S. government was “revoking a general license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil,” with a U.S. official calling the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz “wholly unacceptable.” The Daily Caller reached out to President Donald Trump’s White House, which confirmed Reuters’ earlier…Open
A Ukrainian drone targeting a Russian vessel in the Azov Sea on July 12, 2026 (Robert “Madyar” Brovdi / Telegram) Published July 12, 2026 KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine announced Sunday that it had eliminated 14 [...]
‘We can play a whole nother set outdoors. We’re an outdoor tournament’
Cameras caught star tennis player Novak Djokovic in a heated exchange with a Wimbledon official during his quarter-final match with Felix Auger-Aliassime on Tuesday. Denise Parnell, a Wimbledon official, approached Djokovic before the third set and informed him that the roof would be closed, leaving him visibly confused and upset. “The other day you didn’t want to close it until 8:30. Now you want to close it. You don’t want to get to 8:30? It’s 7:40 now,” Djokovic said. “We can play a whole other set outdoors. We’re an outdoor tournament.” Novak Djokovic not happy with a tournament supervisor as they just announced they will be closing the roof at 7:40 during his match with Aliassime at Wimbledon “The other day you…Open
