According to an Axios report, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was feeling unwell before his scheduled appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning. The report said Graham was working on a Russia sanctions bill and normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel in the weeks before his death. Graham spoke to President Trump over the phone on Saturday to brief the president on his trip to Ukraine and the Russia sanctions bill he wanted the Senate to vote on. According to the outlet, someone who spoke to Graham afterward said the senator complained of feeling unwell. Graham was advised to seek medical attention, and he reportedly planned on doing so after his television appearance. Graham joked: “I can’t die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out and do Israeli-Saudi normalization,” according to Axios. Lindsey Graham reportedly told President Trump he was feeling unwell but declined medical attention, joking, “I can’t die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out and do Israeli-Saudi normalization.” According to Axios, Graham died a short time later.… pic.twitter.com/gVFUmz6WOO — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 13, 2026 Axios shared further info: Graham told me in recent weeks he had discussed the initiative with Trump, as well as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, and that they had agreed to pursue it in a coordinated way. Graham also said he had spoken with Netanyahu confidant Ron Dermer, Saudi Ambassador to Washington Princess Reema bint Bandar and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. He had been planning a trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel in the coming weeks to assess the appetite for reopening talks. Graham told me that, should there be an opening, he wanted intensive work to begin in September so the pieces of a deal could be in place by November. Graham believed the effort faced two intertwined political challenges — securing enough votes in Congress and producing an Israeli government willing to meet Saudi Arabia’s conditions. A central element of the proposed agreement was a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty whose text had largely been negotiated during the Biden administration. Such a treaty would require support from two-thirds of the Senate. Given the political climate in Washington, Graham believed the lame-duck session after the November midterms offered the only realistic window for ratification. Winning enough Democratic votes would require the deal to include meaningful progress on the Palestinian issue — including an Israeli commitment to a future Palestinian state and concrete steps toward that goal. “I am shocked & deeply saddened by Lindsey Graham’s passing. I will forever remember our last lengthy conversation this weekend, when he exulted at reaching an agreement on our Russian sanctions bill & said, ‘this is a big effing deal—we all did good,'” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said. “When we last spoke, he was as enthusiastic & exuberant as I’ve ever seen him. Passing the sanctions bill right away would be a fitting tribute,” Blumenthal continued. When we last spoke, he was as enthusiastic & exuberant as I’ve ever seen him. Passing the sanctions bill right away would be a fitting tribute. 2/ — Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) July 12, 2026 “I traveled with Lindsey extensively to Ukraine & the Middle East. We talked at all hours of the day or night, & traveled through all kinds of weather, meeting dictators & democracy defenders. He was tireless in pursuing freedom for Ukraine & brought to this cause his signature relentless energy & optimism,” Blumenthal said. He was tireless in pursuing freedom for Ukraine & brought to this cause his signature relentless energy & optimism. 4/ — Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) July 12, 2026 More from the New York Post: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that he would put forward a Russia sanctions bill in the House of Representatives, while Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) suggested the package could be on Trump’s desk this week. “I think, in his honor, that we owe it to Lindsey Graham to pass that tough Russian sanctions bill,” McCaul told ABC News’ “This Week.” “He would love nothing more than that.” Graham, who was heavily favored to win re-election to a fifth Senate term in November, reportedly was also planning trips to Israel and Saudi Arabia to push for full normalization between the two Middle East powers before the new Congress is sworn in next year. Saudi Arabia has long vowed it will not normalize relations with Israel until an independent Palestinian state is created, though the two governments have grown closer in the face of the threat from Iran. Preliminary findings released by the DC medical examiner’s office indicated Graham died from “Aortic Dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.” The condition refers to a tear in the body’s main artery and mostly affects older men, according to the Mayo Clinic. Actors John Ritter and Alan Thicke also lost their lives due to aortic dissection. The post Lindsey Graham Reportedly Joked “I Can’t Die Now” Shortly Before Death – Planned On Seeking Medical Attention After Scheduled Television Appearance appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump just put the entire world on notice: the United States is preparing to take command of security at the Strait of Hormuz, and the countries relying on American firepower may finally be asked to help foot the bill. The announcement combines three sweeping moves. America will restore a blockade aimed at Iran, guarantee passage for other nations and seek reimbursement tied to the cargo moving through the world’s most important energy chokepoint. Trump previewed the move during a Monday morning interview after Iran broke a military arrangement and resumed its aggression around the Strait. HAPPENING NOW: President Trump issues a scathing warning to Iran following a broken military agreement, revealing that the U.S. hammered their equipment overnight and may permanently take over security operations in the Middle East. “Most of their equipment is gone. Their anti-aircraft gun, we hit them very hard last night.” “Every time they send a drone, we hit them very hard.” “But we had a deal… And then they broke it. They always break it… so we’re just going to hit them very hard and we’re going to keep the Strait and we’ll probably run.” — Fox News (@FoxNews) July 13, 2026 The words “we’ll probably run” were followed by a formal statement that went much further. Axios reported that the United States will reinstate what Trump called the “Iranian Blockade.” The restriction is aimed at Iranian ships and Iran’s customers, while vessels belonging to other nations are promised fair and open passage. Trump also declared that the United States will become the “Guardian of the Hormuz Strait” and said the process of forming the new arrangement begins immediately. Then came the part almost guaranteed to rattle foreign capitals and global shipping desks: the administration intends to seek reimbursement at a rate of 20% on cargo shipped through the waterway. Axios reported that a senior Gulf source said the United States had not yet discussed the toll component with regional allies. That means the announcement is immediate, while the collection mechanism and agreements still have to take shape. “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving… The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,’” – President Donald J. Trump — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 13, 2026 The policy is vintage Trump: identify the strategic asset, establish American control and demand that the beneficiaries stop treating U.S. protection as a free service. For decades, the United States Navy has shouldered an enormous share of the burden of keeping global sea lanes open. Much of the oil flowing through Hormuz is headed toward wealthy countries in Asia, while American ships and service members absorb the risk. BREAKING: President Trump says the US is reinstating its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for Iranian ships and customers. Trump says the US will now be known as “The Guardian of the Strait of Hormuz” and will be “reimbursed” at a rate of 20% on all cargo shipped. It appears the US is now imposing a blockade and fees to transit the Strait of Hormuz. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 13, 2026 In the Fox News interview, Trump said the United States would likely take over and run the Strait, become its guardian and get paid for protecting it. He argued that the nations depending on that protection are wealthy enough to contribute. America, in his telling, will no longer spend lives, ships and weapons to secure their energy supply for nothing. Trump also said Iran had broken the deal and warned that American forces would respond hard. The report also captured the military pressure behind the announcement. Trump said much of Iran’s equipment was already gone, its anti-aircraft capabilities had been hit hard overnight and every new drone launch would draw another forceful response. His message to American allies was equally blunt: nations with the wealth to depend on the route also have the means to help secure it. The scale explains why this announcement landed like a thunderclap. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, about 20.9 million barrels of oil moved through the Strait each day during the first half of 2025. That represented roughly 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and one-quarter of all oil traded by sea. Another 11.4 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas crossed the Strait daily, accounting for more than one-fifth of global LNG trade. Nearly 89% of the crude oil and condensate went to Asian markets. China, India, Japan and South Korea alone received 74% of those shipments. The United States imported only about 400,000 barrels per day through Hormuz during that period, equal to roughly 2% of total American petroleum liquids consumption. The direct exposure is far larger for the nations Trump now wants to help finance the security operation. Existing pipelines through Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates can bypass approximately 4.7 million barrels per day. That capacity covers only a fraction of the oil normally moving through the Strait, leaving the world heavily dependent on a narrow channel beside Iran. The security crisis is already active. The Associated Press reported that the latest exchange followed an Iranian attack on a container ship. U.S. forces then struck dozens of Iranian targets, including air-defense systems, radar, missile and drone equipment, and small boats. Oil prices initially jumped nearly 5% before giving back much of the increase. Iran also launched attacks toward regional countries hosting American forces, while Jordan said it intercepted four missiles without casualties or damage. Important operational questions remain. The administration has not yet publicly explained whether the proposed 20% reimbursement would be calculated from cargo value, freight charges or another measure, nor how payment would be collected and enforced. Those details will determine whether this becomes a toll, a security contribution negotiated with allied governments or an entirely new structure. The strategic direction, however, could hardly be clearer. Iran will face a blockade. The rest of the world gets a protected lane. America supplies the force, and President Trump says the nations profiting from that protection are going to help pay for it. That is a stunning rewrite of the rules at the world’s most consequential maritime chokepoint, and Trump says it starts now. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post BREAKING: President Trump Makes STUNNING New Announcement About Strait Of Hormuz appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump said on Monday that he recommends Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline, to serve the remainder of his term. Graham’s term will end in January 2027. “I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina. This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!” Trump said on Truth Social. Trump says he wants Lindsey Graham's sister appointed to his Senate seat. pic.twitter.com/lAIHJmUJtI — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 13, 2026 POLITICO has more: McMaster is expected to announce his decision about who will replace Graham during a press conference later Monday afternoon. Even if she’s appointed, it’s unclear if Nordone would want to run for the full term. A number of South Carolina Republicans have already expressed interest in taking over Graham’s seat since his death Sunday, including Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). “Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the senate term. After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state, and our country,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) commented. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the senate term. After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state, and our country. https://t.co/7XSt7AQPlS — Tim Scott (@votetimscott) July 13, 2026 Graham was seeking re-election this year and won the GOP primary last month. Now, a special primary election will be held on August 11 to determine who will run for the full, six-year term in November. The Hill shared further: Republicans are seeking to appoint a short-term replacement for Graham as soon as possible. Politico reported on Monday that Graham’s colleague, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), had also recommended former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) as a short-term pick to replace Graham. “Trey Gowdy would be a fantastic placeholder, but certainly there are other names in the mix,” Scott told CNN on Monday. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Trey would serve well.” Conversations over who will run for Graham’s seat in November have also been ongoing. A number of names including Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Rep. Ralph Norman and Rep. Nancy Mace, who all unsuccessfully ran in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, have been floated as possibilities. Graham was up for reelection in November and was slated to run against Democrat Annie Andrews in the general election. The post President Trump Announces His Recommendation For Who Should Serve The Remainder Of Lindsey Graham’s Term appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The federal government’s war on health-care fraud just walked straight through the front door of a social adult daycare in Flushing, Queens. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz joined independent journalist Nick Shirley in New York City, where they confronted people connected to facilities drawing taxpayer-funded payments. Oz’s newest update shows the pair questioning a man described as a manager at one Flushing center. Asked who his boss was and what he was doing to stop fraud, the man could not provide an answer. WATCH: @nickshirleyy and I confronted a supposed manager of a social adult daycare in Flushing, Queens, NYC. When we asked him who his boss was or how to confront the fraud in social adult daycares – he couldn’t give us an answer. The War on Fraud continues. pic.twitter.com/nqDLP6zQhA — Dr. Oz CMS (@DrOzCMS) July 13, 2026 An unanswered question is not proof of a crime, and nobody shown in the clip has been convicted merely because the conversation went sideways. But the numbers surrounding this corner of New York’s Medicaid system are so extreme that federal investigators are now digging in. Shirley’s full 53-minute investigation exploded across social media after he said his crew identified more than $190 million in suspicious payments connected to adult daycare and personal home-care operations in New York City. He visited facility after facility, compared what he saw with public payment data and pressed workers about enrollment, attendance and the services taxpayers were supposedly financing. NOW: Nick Shirley is being praised nationwide for focusing MORE on massive fraud in NYC and Minnesota than major news networks with BILLIONS of dollars. Now DR. OZ is involved to expose it all! SHIRLEY: “Why aren’t people reporting on this? It’s not right or left. It’s what’s WRONG and what’s RIGHT. Our money was being defrauded by Somali Learing Centers, adult daycares…” “I’m not trying to paint any narrative when I go out and do these videos.” @nickshirleyy pic.twitter.com/Vn7Hb4nrcN — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 12, 2026 The $190 million figure is Shirley’s allegation based on the records and facilities his team examined. It is not yet a final government loss calculation, and each questioned payment will have to be tested against enrollment, attendance and billing records. Independent data show why the allegations cannot simply be waved away. A CBS News investigation found 64 Medicaid-funded social adult daycare facilities packed within a single one-mile radius in Flushing, the densest concentration anywhere in the country. CBS reported that Medicaid paid social adult daycare providers $3.35 billion nationwide in 2024. Seventeen percent of that money went to 375 facilities in New York, where taxpayer spending on the program nearly quadrupled between 2018 and 2024. The Flushing figures were even harder to ignore. Facilities there billed Medicaid for the equivalent of more than 90 percent of all Medicaid-eligible seniors living in the neighborhood. While the local eligible senior population grew about 20 percent from 2018 through 2024, the number of seniors billed by those daycares shot up 390 percent. Those numbers do not prove that every center is crooked. They do create an enormous red flag. One of the most widely shared exchanges involved a nearby center complaining that another facility was allegedly poaching clients with kickbacks. Shirley says that tip led him to a one-story operation reporting more than 7,000 patients and roughly $12 million in taxpayer payments. WOW! Nick Shirley exposes that he found an adult daycare in NYC BLOWING THE WHISTLE on a location STEALING their business by offering kickbacks in a huge fraud scheme. Then he found them claiming to have 7,000 THOUSAND PATIENTS and $12M in taxpayer funds in one small building. “They’re like, well, we’re losing all our clients because this daycare is offering kickbacks! I said, well, it’s fraud! They say, yes, the fraud is very much real.” “And so then I kept digging and I went to this next location and out one location, they had 7,000 patients, more than 7,000 patients, and they’re billing up to 12 million dollars.” “And it’s only one story building!” @nickshirleyy pic.twitter.com/vsLHwdkZFd — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 12, 2026 Only billing and enrollment records can establish whether the payments were lawful. Investigators can answer the questions by matching names, dates, attendance logs and claims instead of relying on a tense exchange at the door. A separate federal case shows that the danger reaches far beyond a viral video. In February, IRS Criminal Investigation announced charges against two Queens men in a separate alleged $120 million Medicare and Medicaid scheme involving a pharmacy and two social adult daycare centers. Federal prosecutors allege Inwoo Kim and Daniel Lee used cash and supermarket gift certificates as illegal kickbacks to induce beneficiaries to fill prescriptions or enroll in adult daycare. The complaint also alleges claims were submitted for services that were medically unnecessary, never provided or generated through kickbacks and bribes. The government says Medicare and Medicaid paid approximately $120 million during the alleged scheme, which ran from 2016 into 2026. Both defendants face health-care fraud conspiracy charges and are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. New York officials say they have not been sitting still. The state Department of Health told CBS that it has referred 387 centers for investigation since 2021, with roughly one-third of those cases elevated to the state attorney general for possible law-enforcement action. The department also pointed to new attendance monitoring, oversight and compliance reviews. That response only sharpens the central question: if hundreds of centers have already required investigation, how much money escaped before anyone looked closely? Social adult daycare programs can provide real help to seniors and people with disabilities. Meals, personal care and safe social activity matter. But if an operator invents attendance, pads enrollment or pays kickbacks, the theft lands twice: taxpayers lose the money, and vulnerable people lose resources meant for their care. Oz and Shirley did not prove a $190 million criminal case by walking through a handful of doors. They did expose enough unanswered questions to make aggressive audits, subpoenas and prosecutions – wherever the evidence supports them – impossible to avoid. The war on fraud just found a very crowded front. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post WATCH: Nick Shirley And Dr. Oz Blow The Lid Off Alleged $190 MILLION New York Medicaid Scheme appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill passed away on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78. Neill was best known for his role as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” series. “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life,” his family announced on Instagram. “The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free. They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss,” the statement continued. Watch below: Actor Sam Neill, best known for his roles in the “Jurassic Park” films, has died. He was 78. https://t.co/6qyxfF6d23 pic.twitter.com/SuW6bykHAd — ABC News (@ABC) July 13, 2026 More from The New York Times: His credits included the New Zealand films “The Piano” (1993) and “Hunt For the Wilderpeople” (2016); the Hollywood blockbusters “Jurassic Park” (1993) and its sequels, and “Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022); and two seasons of the British television series “Peaky Blinders.” “I’d like to think I’m able to suggest ambiguities and complexities in the people I play, because I think all of us have hidden aspects or contradictory qualities,” he told The Dominion Post, a New Zealand newspaper, in 2007. “I think that’s what makes us interesting as human beings, and that’s what makes human beings interesting to play.” With few exemplars of international actors from a New Zealand background to follow, Mr. Neill said he had never set himself specific goals, allowing him to ricochet almost aimlessly from one project to the next. “I never had a map, you know,” he told The Dominion Post in 2016. “There was no one else here that I knew of that had ever had a screen career.” Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, mourned Mr. Neill, who he said had “starred in so many beloved Australian stories” and “earned a special place in Australian hearts.” Before his death, Neill recounted the greatest lesson he learned from his parents. “Sometimes you just have to pull yourself together. It’s a tough lesson, but it’s a good one,” Neill said. Watch below: Actor Sam Neill was asked what was the greatest lesson he learned from his parents. He recalled his mother’s simple but profound advice: “Sometimes you just have to pull yourself together. It’s a tough lesson, but it’s a good one.” Wise words from a man who lived his life with… pic.twitter.com/3YGL9lYFSw — James Melville (@JamesMelville) July 13, 2026 Fox News shared further: In 2023, Neill told fans he was “alive and well” and in remission after he revealed in an interview with the BBC that he had been undergoing cancer treatment since being diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2022. “My news seems to be all over the news at the moment, and it’s sort of ‘Cancer! Cancer! Cancer!’ Which is slightly tiresome because, as you see, I am alive and well. And I have been in remission for eight months, which feels really good,” the “Jurassic Park” star said in a lengthy video posted to his Instagram at the time. “And I’m alive and kicking, and I’m going to work,” the actor, who wore a white T-shirt and a full beard, added. In his BBC interview, the then 75-year-old revealed he lost his hair during his treatment and wanted his beard back “more than anything.” In his BBC interview, Neill described the cancer as “ferocious” and said when he was diagnosed, he thought he might be “dying.” Though one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, Neill kept much of his personal life private. In 1989, he married Japanese makeup artist Noriko Watanabe. Together, they welcomed a daughter, Elena. Neill also helped raise Watanabe’s daughter, Maiko, from a previous relationship. The couple later separated in 2017. Neill also shared a son, Tim, with actress Lisa Harrow, whom he met while filming “Omen III.” In his 2023 memoir, “Did I Ever Tell You This?,” Neill revealed he fathered a son, Andrew, in his early 20s who was placed for adoption. The two reunited decades later and built a relationship. Neill was also the grandfather of eight grandchildren. The post “Sudden And Unexpected” – ‘Jurassic Park’ Star Passes Away At 78 appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.