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South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham McMaster appoints Darline Graham Nordone to fill Lindsey Graham's Senate seat1 policy · 210 articlesdied at age 71 on July 12, leaving a Senate vacancy that Governor Henry McMaster will fill by appointment, with Trump recommending Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, for the seat. The House Passes the SAVE Act, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to VoteSAVE Act, which requires a birth certificate or passport to register to vote in federal elections, passed the House in April 2025 but remains stalled in the Senate, and Trump said he will push for a government shutdown in September 2026 if the Senate does not pass it. The Justice Department formally told the Rubio Pledges to Dismantle the International Criminal Court1 policy · 9 articlesInternational Criminal Court that the U.S. will not honor its extradition requests or participate in its investigations, building on the Congress Moves to Sanction International Criminal Court Over Investigations of U.S. and AlliesIllegitimate Court Counteraction Act that House Republicans passed in January 2025. Trump has ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff through July 18, 2026, to honor Graham.