Tuesday, August 11

August 2026

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Special election for Sen. Lindsay Graham’s ballot spot

Republicans in South Carolina vote for the late senator’s replacement as the party’s nominee in November, with ten candidates in the running. This is what it could mean for the national stage.

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Primary elections in four states

Voters in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin head to the polls today. You may remember this Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate from his early 2000s TV commercials.

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The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter hits bookstores

The scene: Allison Vickery is dead, her teen daughter is shot, and her husband is nowhere to be found. What seems like an open-and-shut case for small-town Sheriff Emmy Clifton turns into anything but.

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