US Senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness'
Elected to the Senate in 2002, the South Carolina politician was one of Washington's most influential voices on foreign policy. He had just returned from Kyiv, where he met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. There were no known health concerns ahead of his trip.In a social media post marking the senator's death, US President Donald Trump said Graham was a "true American Patriot".Graham also served as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.He was a strong proponent of US support for Ukraine.
- ▪Elected to the Senate in 2002, the South Carolina politician was one of Washington's most influential voices on foreign policy.
- ▪He had just returned from Kyiv, where he met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
- ▪There were no known health concerns ahead of his trip.In a social media post marking the senator's death, US President Donald Trump said Graham was a "true American Patriot".Graham also served as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.He w
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US Senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness'<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: Senator Lindsey Graham visited Ukraine a day before he diedByGabriela PomeroyPublished12 July 2026, 07:24 BSTUpdated 44 minutes agoRepublican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71.His office released a statement saying he died on Saturday evening following…
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