July 29, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 28, 2026

July 29, 2026 by George Bounacos

Black-draped Senate desk of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham with white roses

Sen. Lindsey Graham's draped Senate desk bore white roses as the late South Carolina Republican lay in the Capitol Rotunda and Trump eulogized him at Washington National Cathedral. (Official U.S. Senate photo by Ryan Donnell, courtesy U.S. Senate Commission on Art)

Samuel Tunick gave border agents a passcode that wiped his phone, and the government made him the first American ever charged with that crime. The agents had no warrant. They pulled him into a back room at the Atlanta airport and refused his requests for a lawyer. The Justice Department wants to put him in … Read more