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- Lindsey Graham Dead at 71
Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died on Saturday at the age of 71 from a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement released by his office. The conservative lawmaker’s office shared the following message on X: On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period. NBC News reported, “Emergency personnel responded to a call for ‘cardiac arrest’ at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio.” Graham was first elected to the Senate in late 2002. He was reelected three times since then — in 2008, 2014, and 2020 — and recently won South Carolina’s GOP primary. The senator was one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress and has fully backed the president’s war against Iran. He urged the president to attack the country before Operation Epic Fury was launched in February — and even had “Make Iran Great Again” hats made in an obvious nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rallying cry. Graham recently predicted Trump would “obliterate” Iran if the country’s theocratic leaders dared mess with the Strait of Hormuz. That prediction may now be put to the test, after Iran attacked a ship on Saturday and the U.S. launched multiple strikes in response. Trump honored Graham in a post on Truth Social early on Sunday morning. “Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead!” Trump posted. “He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!” The president added, “DETAILS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO FOLLOW. So sad!” Graham had just returned to the States on Friday following a trip to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Graham for coming to his country in a post on X — and noted it was Graham’s 10th trip there. “I’m grateful to Lindsey for recognizing our warriors,” Zelensky posted. “The stronger Ukraine is on the battlefield, the greater the chances that diplomacy will ultimately succeed.” Graham was set to appear on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning.The post Lindsey Graham Dead at 71 first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Pete Hegseth Vows US Will Make Iran ‘Pay’ for Attacking Ship and Closing Str...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed the U.S. military has launched a new round of strikes against Iran on Saturday after the country attacked a merchant ship and announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz. Hegseth posted on X that was a dumb decision. “Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay,” Hegseth said. Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay. https://t.co/8m4fEfgrXv — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) July 11, 2026 He added his comment to a post from U.S. Central Command that said Iran had “blatantly attacked” a Cyprus-flagged container ship that was moving through the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM posted the U.S. military launched retaliatory strikes at 4:15 p.m. ET based on orders from President Donald Trump. “A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage,” CENTCOM posted about Iran’s attack earlier in the day. “Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed.” The post added, “the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait.” Hegseth’s post followed shortly after CNN reported Iranian state media said the Strait of Hormuz was closed after the country fired “warning shots” at a vessel that was “traveling on a route it did not approve of.” Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported the U.S. had hit several targets so far. Those included, “air surveillance radars, facilities for storing missiles and UAVs, missile and UAV launch sites, maritime surveillance radars, [and] ground-to-air missile launchers,” according to a senior American official. The latest strikes come after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding in mid-June, which gave both sides 60 days to hammer out a long-term peace deal. Vice President JD Vance was sent to Switzerland soon after to negotiate; he said the Iranians were “extremely confusing,” but that good progress had been made towards a deal. That progress appears to have been sabotaged in recent weeks, as Iran has continued to violate the fragile ceasefire. Trump’s patience with Iran has seemed to have worn out too, with the president calling Iran’s theocratic leaders “scum” last week; he also warned Iran on Friday night the U.S.… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - Trump Strikes Back At Iran After IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Is Closed — Ag...Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported Saturday that the United States has struck back at Iran after the Revolutionary Guard fired on a ship earlier in the day and declared the Strait of Hormuz was closed yet again. Ravid wrote on social media, “Senior U.S. official: U.S. military strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz area in response to Revolutionary Guards’ fire on merchant ship.” He then reported Iranian “air surveillance radars, facilities for storing missiles and UAVs, missile and UAV launch sites, maritime surveillance radars, [and] ground-to-air missile launchers” were among the targets hit by the U.S. military, according to a senior American official. U.S. Central Command posted around the same time the “strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief,” President Donald Trump. CENTCOM said Iran “blatantly attacked” a Cyprus-flagged container ship that was moving through the Strait of Hormuz. “A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage,” CENTCOM posted. “Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed.” At 7:15 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew… — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 11, 2026 Iran’s state media declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again after the IRGC fired what it called “warning shots” at a vessel that was “traveling on a route it did not approve of,” according to CNN. Anchor Omar Jimenez reported, “This comes as mediators are attempting to get the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table. But U.S. Officials previously told CNN those talks can’t move forward until the strait is secured.” CNN military analyst Cedric Leighton predicted that the U.S. could strike back at targets in the strait, and mentioned several other options. “The other possibility would be to actually move in and use ground forces to do some kind of a ground incursion,” Leighton said. “In the past, President Trump has talked about taking Kharg Island. That’s, of course, far up in the northern part of the Gulf, far… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
- Tucker Carlson Calls for Mike Huckabee to Be Fired After Israeli ‘Terroristsâ€...
(Photos via: The Tucker Carlson Network and Real Time with Bill Maher on YouTube) Tucker Carlson called for U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee to be fired on Saturday because he did not publicly defend Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) after the liberal lawmaker was detained by Israeli “foreign terrorists,” as Carlson put it. The ex-cable news star went off on Huckabee in a scathing X post. Carlson fumed Huckabee was too busy promoting an appearance on Fox News to bother supporting a fellow American, which he misspelled as “Amercian.” Carlson said Huckabee’s silence on the matter was “too insulting and humiliating” for the USA — and that he needed to be booted from his role ASAP. Read his full post below: An Amercian member of congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles, backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own countryman, and instead uses his social media accounts to promote his own vapid cable news appearances, which amount to propaganda for that same foreign country. It’s too much, too insulting and humiliating to America. This is how revolutions start. For the sake our nation, Mike Huckabee should be removed from his post immediately. An Amercian member of congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles, backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own countryman, and instead uses his social media… https://t.co/77oAr3PRgE — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 11, 2026 Carlson’s response followed shortly after Khanna said he was detained while in Israel. Mediaite’s Zach Leeman explained: The congressman, a vocal critic of Israel’s government, said he was detained by Israeli settlers, and later Israeli military, during a three-day trip this week while he touring the demolished-Palestinian Bedouin village of Khirbet Zanuta. Khanna told The New York Times Israeli settlers with guns blocked his vehicle and others from leaving via the road to the village. The men were reportedly “swearing at them in Hebrew and Arabic and kicking the tires of their minibus.” A Times photographer was in another vehicle and witnessed the incident. Two Israeli military vehicles later arrived and Khanna assumed they were there to help him leave, but they “smoked cigarettes, chatted with the men and after the settlers left, moved a car… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago - Donald Trump Slams Condition of White House While Fortifying Entrance: ‘Deplor...
(Photos via: AP Photo/Alex Brandon and CNN) President Donald Trump turned his attentions back to his building projects Saturday after spending a chunk of the day repeatedly slamming New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on social media. Trump posted two building photos to Truth Social, remarking, “This is the horrible front of the White House, and it’s been like that for years. The condition is deplorable, just like our Country was when I inherited it from Sleepy Joe Biden.” (Screenshot via @RealDonaldTrump on Truth Social) Trump’s post continued: The Radical Left Dumocrats criticize me for spending so much time bringing our White House back to the Glory of 100 years ago — Actually, it will be far better than that, and they will not shame us for bringing our Great and Brilliant Monuments to the past and the future back to levels never seen before. This is what we are doing all over Washington, D.C., and, in different ways, with our Country, itself! The White House, as you can see in the before pictures attached, was an embarrassment. Believe it or not, these pictures were of the Main Entrance. In a short period of time, it will be a Symbol of Extraordinary Beauty and Pride! President DONALD J. TRUMP The president’s latest building project has been to fortify the entrance to the White House in the midst of alleged threats to his life from Iranian factions. The new project is expected to take until at least mid-September, according to CNN. “The changes, which sources said have long been advocated by the US Secret Service, are aimed at fortifying the White House entrance at the North Portico, which has recently been obscured by scaffolding and a tarp as workers repair the exterior columns at President Donald Trump’s request,” the outlet reported. Trump has also cited security concerns in arguing for the completion of his 90,000-square-foot ballroom project, which Trump has said will include a sophisticated drone port, sniper perches, and a secure underground bunker.The post Donald Trump Slams Condition of White House While Fortifying Entrance: ‘Deplorable!’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - ‘What Was That?’ CNN Host Delighted By John Oliver’s General Hospital RoleCNN’s Kasie Hunt was tickled when discussing John Oliver’s recent stint as a soap opera star on the long-running General Hospital. The host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver lobbied the show for the dramatic role that saw him playing a top secret agent. Hunt played a clip of Oliver’s performance, where he rightfully received a slap in the face after mouthing off to his co-star’s character. “I’m sorry! What was that?” Hunt exclaimed of the scene while hosting The Arena: Saturday. “So, there he was, playing ‘Z,’ the head of the World Security Bureau. It was a three episode arc. Oliver had pleaded publicly for a quote, ‘juicy role’ on a soap, any soap. Earlier this year, the show’s executive producer said that one of John’s requests was to be slapped!” Hunt laughed. “And apparently this isn’t the end of his soap opera career. He is expected to make an appearance on Days of Our Lives next month,” Hunt said. “I sort of had missed that. John Oliver was like begging to be on soap operas, but like, watching him in that role is, um, unsettling for some reason!” “Yeah, I watched that whole segment with, like, my jaw on the floor! Like, what am I looking at?” exclaimed panelist Kristen Soltis Anderson. “I’m amazed that the actual, the medium of soap operas has continued. And if you think about it, it’s like a production miracle. Like, think about prestige TV shows nowadays. They do a season and they’re like, ‘Great, three years from now, you’ll get your next season.’ Soap operas put out a new episode every freaking day!” “Lots of slaps,” quipped Elliot Williams. “More John Oliver, that’s all I want,” joked Paul Begala. “I learned everything I know about soap operas from a guy named Jocko Riggs,” Hunt added. “He runs the NBC camera at the Russell rotunda, and he is one of the most loyal viewers while he waits for the rest of us to show up. So here’s to you, Jocko!” Watch the clip above via CNN.The post ‘What Was That?’ CNN Host Delighted By John Oliver’s General Hospital Role first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago
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