# US and Iran Trade Attacks Again, Sen. Lindsay Graham Dies, Congress Returns Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-07-13T10:14:12+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns--72948288 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72948288/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns Duration seconds: 848 ## Resource 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. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/us-and-iran-trade-attacks-again-sen-lindsay-graham-dies-congress-returns.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.