About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, and the return of Congress from recess.

The U.S. and Iran are continuing to fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of heavy strikes, with the U.S. hitting dozens of Iranian targets and Iran firing at American bases in the Middle East. Senator Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71, the South Carolina Republican was a committed advocate of U.S. military intervention abroad and a close ally of President Trump. And as Congress returns from recess, Republican are facing tighter voting margins than before with Senator Graham’s death and Senator Mitch McConnel's absence. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Anna Yukhananov, Jason Breslow, Ziad Buchh, Mohamad ElBardicy and HJ Mai. It was produced by Paige Waterhouse and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Eowyn Fain. Our technical director is Damian Herring. (0:00) Iran War latest (1:52) Iran attacks (5:42) Graham & Senate (8:28) Congress returns See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship…

Topics covered

• US-Iran conflict
• Senate news
• Congress return
• Lindsey Graham
• military intervention
• political analysis

Keywords

• US Iran conflict
• Lindsey Graham
• Congress
• military intervention
• Senate
• politics
• Strait of Hormuz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR

Places: Iran, United States, Strait of Hormuz

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