🇺🇸⚡️ — The death of Senator Lindsey Graham has triggered an immediate scramble among South Carolina Republicans to fill his seat, with party leaders maneuvering behind the scenes even as they publicly mourn him, POLITICO reports.

➡️ Governor Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement, while a snap Republican primary is scheduled for August 11, followed by a possible runoff on August 25.

➡️ Senior House Republicans are pressing McMaster not to appoint a sitting representative, warning that doing so would further weaken the GOP’s already narrow House majority.

➡️ Potential contenders include Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, Representatives Nancy Mace, Russell Fry, and Ralph Norman, and former Graham challenger Mark Lynch.

➡️ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also received encouragement to run, though people close to him say he intends to remain in the administration.

🇬🇧⚡️ — Britain will spend more than £250 million over the next three years to strengthen security for Jewish communities.

➡️ The funding will provide more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales, increasing security in Jewish neighborhoods and around schools, synagogues, and community centers, according to the government.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Footage showing the aftermath of U.S. strikes against Omidiyeh Airport, Khuzestan Province.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — CNN, citing a U.S. official, reports U.S. strikes against Iran have not yet concluded, more than three hours after the strikes began.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — A U.S. strike on a water pumping station in Mahshahr, southwestern Iran, killed one security guard and injured four other people, according to IRIB.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Launch of two ballistic missiles from Khomein, Iran.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — Flying towards Jordan.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — Explosions in Jordan, several ballistic missiles descending.