Just nowGraham provides no details on 'affordability' plans: 'We'll see when I get there'Graham deflected a question yesterday about her specific plans or legislation proposals to address affordability, responding, "We'll see when I get there."Her comments at a campaign event came after she responded to another question about whether she's tried to become more informed on national security in the aftermath of her widely criticized answer on Taiwan and the South China Sea during her debate against Norman last week.“You know what I’ve done in the last week? I’ve gone around this entire state talking to as many people as I possibly can, and you know how many of them brought up Taiwan or national security? Not one," Graham said. "They’re talking about the rising cost of health care and affordability. So that’s what’s important to me.”18m ago / 7:58 AM EDTTrump suggests renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'Trump suggested in a Truth Social post this morning that Lake Ontario should be renamed "Lake America" as the trade war between the U.S. and Canada escalates."The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer," Trump said in the post. "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"Trade talks with Canada fell apart days ago, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to implement tariffs on American imports into Canada. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said the U.S. will respond to Canadian retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been especially critical of the Trump administration. He told The Associated Press in an interview this week that "everything is on the table," including cutting off the U.S. from electricity and critical minerals from Ontario. Trump, too, has taken aim at Ford, calling him "the less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford," he said in a Truth Social post. Rob Ford was a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Toronto. "I don't respond to a dictator like president Trump," Doug Ford said, when asked by a reporter yesterday for comment on the post. 53m ago / 7:23 AM EDTAbdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker’s comments on Israel and Jewish AmericansThe Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, distanced himself yesterday from progressive commentator Hasan Piker, who suggested that some pro-Israel rhetoric may lead to backlash against American Jews.The controversy could complicate El-Sayed’s campaign as he tries to unify Democrats in a battleground state that will help decide control of the U.S. Senate.Read the full story here.53m ago / 7:23 AM EDTA Senate runoff in South Carolina puts Trump’s clout to the testTonight in South Carolina, Republican voters will once more head to the polls to select a nominee for the Senate. Trump, rallying for his preferred candidate, has urged his faithful to pretend that it is his name on the ballot.Read the full story here.53m ago / 7:23 AM EDTTrump’s endorsement faces major tests in today’s primary runoffsAmid a shaky August for his preferred candidates, President Donald Trump’s influence will be tested yet again in two major primaries today. Trump quickly threw his weight behind appointed Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., when she announced her bid to run for a full term after the sudden death of her brother. But Graham’s candidacy has faced skepticism from some of the state’s staunchly conservative base, exacerbated by a late misstep at a recent debate.The president’s endorsement is also on the line in Oklahoma’s tense Republican gubernatorial runoff, where former state Sen. Mike Mazzei faces off against state Attorney General Gentner Drummond. And in Oklahoma’s Democratic Senate primary runoff, voters will decide whether to nominate a democratic socialist in the deep-red state. Read the full story here.