Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after sudden illness, opening South Carolina Senate race
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US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump and one of the most influential Republican voices on foreign policy, has died after what his office called a brief and sudden illness. A former Air Force lawyer who served in Congress for three decades, Graham was a noted foreign policy hawk and an influential figure in Washington on global affairs. As chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, he also played a central role during Trump's second term as Republicans pushed major legislation with their narrow 53-47 majority in the chamber. Graham, who was elected to the Senate in 2002 after serving in the House, long argued for robust US military intervention and strong national defence. Foreign policy remained central to Graham's work. He had earlier led the Senate Judiciary Committee when Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in 2020, and he had said he would confirm "as many conservative judges as possible" if he regained the post. Graham was also a key figure in a bipartisan immigration overhaul in 2013 that passed the Senate with 68 votes but was never taken up by the House. His support for a path to citizenship for people in the US without legal status put him at odds with some Republicans. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat who worked with him on immigration, said Graham was "part of every important policy issue and an indispensable player" in bipartisan talks. Graham's death brings to an end a long Senate career in which he shaped debates on foreign policy, courts, budgets and immigration, built a close but at times complicated alliance with Trump, and remained a powerful figure in Washington until his final days.
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