Lindsey Graham’s successor to be sworn in and Maine ICE shooting sparks outcry: Morning Rundown

Morning RundownLindsey Graham’s successor to be sworn in and Maine ICE shooting sparks outcry: Morning RundownPlus, June’s inflation report is expected to show prices going down slightly but the effects of the Iran war still looming. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00The scene Monday in Biddeford, Maine, where a man was killed in a shooting by an ICE officer.Gregory Rec / Portland Press Herald via Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 14, 2026, 6:59 AM EDTBy Elizabeth Robinson and Delia Sara RangelLindsey Graham’s sister is tapped to serve the rest of the late senator’s term. A man’s fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Maine sparks an outcry. And how Wall Street-backed Lucky Strike took over an American bowling town.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Here’s what to know today.Lindsey Graham’s sister picked to finish his Senate termAdd NBC News to GoogleGov McMaster appoints Darline Graham Nordone to fill Sen. Lindsey Graham's seat05:18Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of Sen. Lindsey Graham, is set to become South Carolina’s first female senator after the state’s Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to serve the rest of the late Republican’s term. She will be sworn in this afternoon, two sources familiar with the matter said, and will finish her brother’s six-year term, which ends in January. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.The appointment came hours after President Donald Trump recommended that McMaster appoint her, saying it would be “a fabulous tribute to Lindsey.” Graham died Saturday at the age of 71 of what was preliminarily diagnosed as a rupture of his aorta due to a hardening of his arteries, his office said. Graham Nordone is a commissioner for the South Carolina Commission of the Blind, a state agency that provides services to “individuals who are blind or low vision,” according to its website. Gr...