Capitol Lens | Keeping it in the family

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Keeping it in the family

By Tom Williams

Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:15pm

Sens. Darline Graham, R-S.C., and Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, arrive for a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol on Tuesday after Graham was sworn in on the Senate floor. Graham replaces her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died on July 11.

Recent Stories

At the Races: The president’s Palmetto test

Former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker served three full terms before retiring in 1997. (Andrea Mohin/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum remembered as trailblazer

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday.

Supreme Court temporarily lifts hold on Trump mail-in ballot rule

President Donald Trump greets Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., during a campaign rally on Friday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The name Trump didn’t utter while stumping for Darline Graham

The Capitol dome is seen through a window in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda in May.

Congress’ wide age gap comes into focus

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., has indicated that he will fight to undo the Senate bill's hemp provision.