NPR News: 07-12-2026 2PM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan.
What are the initial breaking news updates about Lindsey Graham's death?
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is dead. He was 71. Graham's office said he died Saturday night after a brief sudden illness. NPR's Sam Gringlass reports.
Since his election to the Senate in 2002, Graham has become known for promoting muscular military intervention abroad, and his judiciary chair played a key role confirming Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Around his own bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Graham called Donald Trump a bigot and said Trump would destroy the GOP, but has since become one of the president's closest allies. NPR asked Graham about that evolution in 2019.
He's proven to me that he's been a better president than I thought he was. Really, I had very low expectations. But what he does is he listens to people, including me and others.
Trump called Graham one of the greatest people and senators I have ever known. South Carolina's Republican governor can immediately appoint a replacement. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump says he's ordered the military to conduct wide-scale bombing against Iran should Iran assassinate him. However, there's no automatic process that allows the president to trigger a military attack. That decision would be up to Vice President J.D.
How is Lindsey Graham's political evolution and influence described?
Vance. While not addressing the specific concern on ABC's This Week, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Walz, did discuss those kind of plots that he says are always a concern to the president.
They have operatives here in the United States. Plots are ongoing. But our intelligence community, the FBI, our law enforcement entities are absolutely on top of it.
Saturday, Iran's new supreme leader vowed to avenge the death of his father, who was killed by airstrikes in the first hours of the war. Investors on Wall Street are headed for a busy week with a slew of earnings from major banks and also a critical inflation report expected. NPR's Rafael Nam reports.
Earnings. season is kicking off again and major banks from Bank of America to JP Morgan are set to report their results this week. Netflix will also report its earnings. Investors are also looking forward to the latest inflation report out on Tuesday. Consumer prices have surged in the past few months, mainly as energy prices have spiked over the war with Iran. And Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Walsh is set to testify before Congress as part of the traditional semi-annual event. It will be a great opportunity to hear what he makes of the current state of inflation and the economy. Rafael Nam, NPR News.
Democrats in Maine have two weeks to select a new candidate to run against incumbent Republican Susan Collins. The previous nominee, Graham Platner, officially ended his campaign over the weekend. This is NPR. Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island says whistleblowers have detailed what they say are rushed renovations, corner cutting and other construction related problems at the Kennedy Center since President Trump's handpicked board of trustees took over. Whitehouse says the report shows there have also been no bid contracts, no response from the Kennedy Center to the report. The head of the World Health Organization says the agency is facing complex challenges as it tries to deal with the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Michael Koloke has the latest.
In a statement, the WHO's Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that insecurity in the Congo... continues to hamper efforts by his team to respond to the outbreak, adding that mistrust among community members also poses a challenge. Earlier last month, a report by Congolese authorities said the presence of armed groups in parts of the country was continuing to limit humanitarian access to several areas that either had been hit by the Ebola outbreak or were at risk of being affected by the disease. Meanwhile, the UN's World Food Programme warned today that that the outbreak in Congo could lead to a sharp increase in severe hunger in the country.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What are the initial breaking news updates about Lindsey Graham's death?
0:04–1:22
3
How is Lindsey Graham's political evolution and influence described?
1:22–4:57
4
What were President Trump's remarks and next steps for replacing the senator?
4:57–5:04