Lindsey Graham's Sister Picked To Complete His Senate Term
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What immediate political vacuum did Lindsey Graham's sudden death create in the Senate?
President Trump's relationship with the Senate Republican caucus is not good. He's at odds with a lot of senators, and Lindsey Graham was one of the conciliatory members who could kind of keep everybody on board. His absence really complicates things with a very small majority for them.
I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show appreciating Fox News host Lawrence Jones' valiant efforts to get President Donald Trump to discuss the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham while Trump rants about the California gubernatorial election. Again.
Can you imagine? This is the week after the election this thing is starting to fit. And then I got the U.S. attorney involved. And they didn't know in two weeks. They let it be known an hour later. So, Mr. President, real quickly, did you notice anything different from Lindsey on the phone? These elections are very dishonest. And you can't have a country unless you have a really honest election.
Interviewing Trump on TV is like trying to hurt a cat, but also the cat is the president of the United States and a jerk. On today's show, we talk about the impact of Senator Graham's sudden and unexpected passing with the Atlantic's Matt Visor. Before we get into all that, here's what we're following today, Monday, July 13th.
No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.
Sounds like a pretty firm statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month, right? Wrong. Trump announced today that the U.S. is, quote, reinstating a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and, get this, will charge other ships for safe passage. Well, you tried, Marco. Until now, the U.S. had said the Strait should remain open to all without any tolls. Trump wrote in his true social post that the U.S. would be, quote, reimbursed 20% of the value of cargo to help cover quote, any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security. You know, the job of helping ships cross a street they were able to cross like six months ago. After weeks of mounting speculation, Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell finally gave an update on his hospitalization.
The 84-year-old said in a statement on Sunday that he was hospitalized after a fall last month. He said he was also treated for mild pneumonia while doctors ran tests. The statement was accompanied by a photo of McConnell and what appeared to be a hospital chair with his wife beside him. McConnell, who is retiring at the end of January, explained his four-week silence by saying that, quote, folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older. But you are a senator. It's different for you. He added that he's been moved to a rehab center but isn't ready to return to the Senate floor just yet.
When a leak of department information occurs today, it's critical that we provide the Department of Justice and other partners in federal law enforcement, including the FBI, with actionable information as quickly as possible. And that's why the Department of War and the Department of Justice have created a joint task force to identify and prosecute leakers.
Defense Secretary slash little boy Pete Hegseth announced an effort to crack down on people disclosing sensitive information without authorization. which is a little funny, because some of you might remember that Pete Hegseth shared sensitive information without authorization on a signal chat that featured the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Hegseth's announcement comes after the Department of Justice subpoenaed New York Times journalists following their reporting on security concerns involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, which entered service earlier this month. Trump, however, used an older model Air Force One jet to leave the NATO summit in Turkey and later referenced threats against him made by Iran.
According to The Times, the subpoenas seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan this week. A federal immigration agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine today.
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