Politics Trump's Trade War Is the Latest Middle Finger to Senate Republicans It was about to be a good week to be a GOP candidate. Then Trump did what Trump does. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, which was off last Saturday so will now catch you up on the previous week's news: . August "silly season" continues with the usual slapstick stories about international trade wars and a possible Russian attack against NATO.

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Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio suggested in a post on X that Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina is an "ally" of the "swamp."

Rep. Russell Fry, who placed third in the South Carolina special GOP U.S. Senate primary, backed Sen. Darline Graham ahead of the runoff in which she will face Rep. Ralph Norman.

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NASCAR's most thrilling race of the year finished at 3 a.m., fans at home were screwed & angry Bubba Wallace Mookie Betts becomes latest Dodgers player to skip White House visit, insists it's'not political' Brewers' ace Jacob Misiorowski is statistically untouchable as he faces Paul Skenes and the Pirates Lawmakers remember Sen Lindsey Graham's legacy of bipartisanship and humor Lindsey Graham's unexpected death sparks South Carolina special election Husband's chilling 911 call released in New Jersey homicide investigation Lindsey Graham's unexpected death sparks South Carolina special election, Trump weighs in OutKick Sports Charles Barkley actually beats someone at golf & it's the WNBA commissioner, UFC Sophie & USA as steaks A toddler's viral nap argument with her dad lost to a grandma's lawn fall, leaving Mickey and Minnie with no one to celebrate Welcome into another week of work where we're so far into the dog days of summer that the only sports options on the calendar today are WNBA games and the MLB Home Run Derby . Even the Tour de France has a day off to rest up. Let's get the week rolling with some observations from the weekend: How do I know Disney is a mess of a company? Last night, my family watched an episode of America's Funniest Videos where the show was giving away a trip on a Disney cruise for the funniest video. The battle was between a grandma who fell face first into her lawn and a cute toddler girl who got into a war of words with her father over taking a nap.

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Lindsey Graham, who has died aged 71, was a political survivor. His career as a Republican senator served as a telling barometer for the dramatically changing climate in his political party - and America - in the Donald Trump era. While there were certain issues central to Graham's political identity - including a hawkish foreign policy that focused on containing Russian global ambitions, support for Israel and regime change in Iran - his 23-year career in the Senate was marked by a willingness to adapt to the gale-force change of political winds that accompanied Trump's rise to power. Shortly after being elected to represent South Carolina in the Senate in 2002, Graham became a close ally of Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who, while a staunch conservative, developed a national reputation for political independence. When Graham ran for president in 2015, the idea of cooling partisan tensions and working with political opponents was one of his central messages. If I get to be president, we're going to open up a bar in the White House, Graham said.