Today's five.

An aortic dissection — that's what killed Lindsey Graham on Saturday night, his office confirmed Sunday, after a death so sudden his staff initially offered no details at all. He was 71. Graham spent three decades in Congress as a foreign policy hawk, a McCain ally, a Trump critic, then one of Trump's most reliable partners — a career that confused everyone including, probably, Graham. Trump called him "like a member of the family." The South Carolina Republican was the last surviving member of a once-influential group of Senate defense hawks. South Carolina's governor will appoint his replacement.

A fire tore through a Bangkok bar just after midnight and killed at least 27 people before anyone could get out. The blaze started near the stage at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao in the Chatuchak district, spread fast, cut the power, and filled the room with smoke. BBC reported that most of the bodies were found in a bathroom — people had gone there to shelter. Investigators are already looking at ceiling materials and whether emergency exits were blocked. Thailand's Prime Minister was at the scene. The cause is still under investigation.

American Eagle figured out that the fastest way to sell denim shorts is to put a rising country singer in a rustic barn and call it a campaign. Ella Langley — Alabama-bred, currently ascending — posted behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot Friday: mirror selfie, cowboy boots, jean shorts, barn wood. The whole thing looks less like an ad and more like a weekend, which is exactly what American Eagle paid for. Both Fox News and the Post ran identical coverage, almost word for word, which is either efficient or the most honest thing that's ever happened in celebrity brand journalism.

An 84-year-old senator was hospitalized for a month and nobody said anything, which is a remarkable communications strategy. McConnell broke his silence Sunday, saying a fall in June led to minor injuries and then pneumonia. He apologized for the weeks of radio silence, explaining that "folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older" — a very dignified way of saying he really did not want to talk about this. The Office of the Attending Physician noted this wasn't his first fall this year; all have been linked to a post-polio condition. McConnell is still planning to retire.

Protesting a bill by not signing a different bill is a move, and it didn't work. Trump withheld his signature from a bipartisan housing affordability package — passed by wide margins in both chambers — as leverage to force a vote on the SAVE America Act, an elections bill he wants badly. Didn't matter. Under the Constitution, a bill unsigned and un-vetoed becomes law after ten days, Sundays excluded. At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, that's exactly what happened. The housing bill is now law, the elections bill still isn't, and the protest accomplished nothing except a social media post.