South Carolina governor Henry McMaster appointed Darlene Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister, to fill the late senator's seat. She'll serve through January, with a Republican primary scheduled for August 11 to determine the next nominee.
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Anchor Jael Snyder opens the newscast with a dramatic escalation in the Strait of Hormuz: the United Arab Emirates reports that Iran attacked two tankers, killing one person and wounding eight others, while the US military has completed its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran. [1] — Jael Snyder "Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and wounding eight others, according to the UAE. The attacks undersco…" 00:18 NPR's Quill Lawrence reports that CENTCOM is now enforcing President Trump's order of a full maritime blockade on all traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, with the US military offering protection to compliant ships passing through the Strait. [2] — Quill Lawrence "CENTCOM is enforcing a full maritime blockade on all Iranian port traffic under Trump's orders, after three straight nights of US strikes o…" 00:18 Adding a new economic dimension, Trump announced via social media that the US would charge a 20% fee on cargo it protects — a startling move for one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints. [3] — Quill Lawrence "The president posted on social media that the US would begin charging a 20% fee on cargo that it protects." 00:53 The situation is further complicated by Trump's contradictory rhetoric: he has alternately declared the ceasefire dead and said peace negotiations continue, leaving allies and markets guessing. Lawrence notes that before the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, the strait freely carried 20% of the world's oil supply — a reminder of what's at stake if the waterway remains contested.
Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and wounding eight others, according to the UAE. The attacks underscore the growing danger to commercial shipping in one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints.
CENTCOM is enforcing a full maritime blockade on all Iranian port traffic under Trump's orders, after three straight nights of US strikes on Iran. The US will also charge a 20% fee on cargo it protects passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that once carried 20% of the world's oil freely.
The US military completed its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz escalated sharply.
President Trump posted on social media that the US would begin charging a 20% fee on cargo it protects passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
US strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory attacks on US Gulf allies are escalating. Trump has simultaneously declared the ceasefire dead and said peace negotiations are ongoing — leaving allies and markets in limbo.
Ten years ago, 90% of tech media coverage was relentlessly negative and Kalanick felt he couldn't speak freely. Today, the rise of independent podcasters and Elon Musk buying Twitter has fundamentally changed the game — and it's why he's finally willing to talk.
Kay Classman, 28, was arrested for repeatedly posing as a 16-year-old and enrolling in Bronx high schools across multiple districts. She wasn't a predator — just someone so sad and lonely she wanted her lost childhood back. That's somehow sadder.
Disney, Meta, and Paramount have collectively paid Trump roughly $60 million to settle what Galloway calls nuisance lawsuits — all routed to his presidential library. Newsrooms are folding. The White House is handpicking press pool participants. This is what the end of a free press looks like.
One cheap fake documentary made by a teenager in his mother's basement convinced 16% of Americans that 9/11 was an inside job. Social media didn't invent conspiracy — it just gave it a rocket engine.
A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.
The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.
Andrew Wilson publicly offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her theory that Israel and TPUSA murdered Charlie Kirk. She refused. He argues that flat-earthers will debate anyone, but Kirk conspiracy theorists won't defend their claims under scrutiny.
Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.
Joe Rogan and Andrew Wilson watch a bystander video of the Corey Ruiz police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin live on air. The video is so blurry they initially think a female officer fired the fatal shots. They later learn a male officer did, after Ruiz allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed officers. Their conclusion: you cannot have a hot take on a story you don't understand yet.
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