US Senator Lindsey Graham, close aide of Trump, dies at 71

Graham served as the senior US senator from South Carolina since 2003 and, beginning in January 2025, became chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

Graham’s death will send shockwaves through Washington and the Republican party.

A member of the upper chamber since 2003, Graham was a vocal advocate for a muscular and hawkish foreign policy.

Mr. Graham was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, before being elected to the Senate in 2002.