{"id":77907,"date":"2026-08-26T05:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/darline-graham-wins-south-carolina-gop-nomination-to-replace-her-late-brother-in-us-senate-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:54:53","slug":"darline-graham-wins-south-carolina-gop-nomination-to-replace-her-late-brother-in-us-senate-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/darline-graham-wins-south-carolina-gop-nomination-to-replace-her-late-brother-in-us-senate-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sister of late Lindsey Graham, who has been backed by Trump, overcomes concern about lack of experience to win place on November ballot<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/aug\/25\/south-carolina-senate-republican-primary-runoff\">South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All US immigrant visa applications have been paused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> as the state department moves to tighten restrictions and limit access to applicants who they deem could end up relying on US assistance, a state department official confirmed Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The agency launched the initiative at all embassies and consulates in early August, according to the official and visa appointments had to be adjusted to accommodate \u201cin-depth training\u201d, according to the official. The state department has been working on updated guidance and training since early this year, \u201cto ensure all consular officers are fully equipped to evaluate every visa applicant comprehensively and consistently\u201d, they added.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/aug\/26\/darline-graham-lindsey-south-carolina-gop-post-office-voting-senate-midterms-donald-trump-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sister of late Lindsey Graham, who has been backed by Trump, overcomes concern about lack of experience to win place on November ballot South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate All US immigrant visa applications have been paused by the Trump administration as the state department moves to tighten restrictions and &#8230; <a title=\"Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate \u2013 US politics live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/darline-graham-wins-south-carolina-gop-nomination-to-replace-her-late-brother-in-us-senate-us-politics-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate \u2013 US politics live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}