{"id":1081,"date":"2026-07-13T21:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:10:54","slug":"the-new-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"The New Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for July 13, 2026. You can get it in your inbox every day by <\/i><span><i><u>signing up here<\/u><\/i><\/span><i> \u2014 it\u2019s free!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1079\">Lindsey Graham\u2019s Sister Will Serve as His Temporary Replacement<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>THE LATEST<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster<\/b> has selected the late Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s sister, <b>Darline Graham Nordone<\/b>, to serve as his interim replacement for the rest of his term. She will become the first female senator to represent the state.<\/p>\n<p>Nordone is widely seen as a placeholder pick, meaning the November ballot is still anyone\u2019s ball game \u2014 unless your name is <b>Nancy Mace<\/b>, one top official with <b>Donald Trump<\/b>\u2019s political operation <span><u>told Axios<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAll we want is a Republican who is sane and can work with the White House,\u201d they said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The U.S. is restarting<\/b> its naval blockade of Iran and imposing a fee of up to 20% on all cargo that passes through the Strait of Hormuz, <span><u>Trump said this morning<\/u><\/span> in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as \u2018THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>THE ADMINISTRATION<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>ICE was involved<\/b> this morning in <span><u>a second fatal shooting<\/u><\/span> in less than a week, this one in Biddeford, Maine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In response, protesters gathered outside Sen. <b>Susan Collins<\/b>\u2019 district office while shouting: \u201cVote her out!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A federal judge<\/b> dismantled Trump\u2019s legal settlement with the IRS in a sweeping ruling today that also referred one of the president\u2019s attorneys for professional misconduct.<\/p>\n<p><b>Michael Cohen<\/b> \u2014 yes, that Michael Cohen \u2014 is ready to bury the hatchet with Trump after several private meetings, <span><u>he told The New York Times<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1077\">Protesters Swarm Sen. Collins\u2019 Maine Office After ICE-Involved Shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIf Donald Trump and Michael Cohen can rekindle and reconcile their past relationship, then anyone should be able to,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano<\/b> keeps sending field offices packages of chocolate-covered pretzels made by his daughter\u2019s company, Pretzables.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff say the gesture isn\u2019t increasing morale, but it is raising ethics questions,<span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Natalie Alms reports<\/u><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>THE HILL <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Top Trump ally<\/b> (and former White House doctor) Rep. <b>Ronny Jackson<\/b> (R-Texas) is throwing his hat into the ring to serve as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee. The role\u2019s current occupant, Rep. <b>Mike Rogers<\/b> (R-Alabama), is term limited.<\/p>\n<h2><b>THE STATES <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez,<\/b> a Democrat running for governor, <span><u>fired her campaign manager<\/u><\/span> on Sunday for filing \u201cinaccurate and incomplete campaign finance reports,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><b>There are now more than 3,000<\/b> confirmed cases of severe diarrhea related to the parasite cyclospora in Michigan and Ohio, <span><u>CNN reports<\/u><\/span>. Investigators in both states and the federal government still have not located the source of the outbreak.<\/p>\n<h2><b>HAALAND MANIA<\/b><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you need another Haaland to root for \ud83d\ude09 https:\/\/t.co\/p1reOzagCB https:\/\/t.co\/y71m5y7rAL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deb Haaland (@DebHaalandNM) July 13, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Thank you for reading! <\/b>Today\u2019s newsletter was produced by Kelly Poe and Andrew Burton. If you liked it, please forward it to a friend. If someone shared it with you, please <span><u>sign up<\/u><\/span> \u2014 it\u2019s free! Got a tip or comments to share? Email us at <span><u>finalnotus@notus.com<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1075\">Judge Rebukes Settlement Creating Trump\u2019s \u2018Anti-Weaponization\u2019 Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for July 13, 2026. 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