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Lindsey Graham, US Senator and Trump Ally Who Backed Every War, Dies at 71

The Eastern Herald

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July 12, 2026

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Lindsey Graham, Republican senator from South Carolina and Congress's most persistent hawk on Iran and Israel, died Saturday at 71. Israeli officials led the tributes, calling him their strongest ally. His staff said only he died from a 'brief and sudden illness.'

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The Hill

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· Jun 23, 2026

These four GOP senators voted for Democrats' Iran war powers resolution 

Four Republican senators broke ranks to join nearly all Democrats in supporting a war powers resolution calling on the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. troops from the war with Iran. GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Bill Cassidy (La.) all supported the measure in a Senate floor vote on...

Daily Mail

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· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham dead at 71: Firebrand Senator and Trump ally suffers 'cardiac arrest' days after returning from Ukraine meeting with Zelensky

Lindsey Graham dead at 71: Firebrand Senator and Trump ally suffers 'cardiac arrest' days after returning from Ukraine meeting with Zelensky

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· Jul 12, 2026

Pivotal US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71

US Senator Lindsey Graham was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill

Tampa Free Press

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· Jun 21, 2026

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump Will Seize Strait Of Hormuz If Iran Talks Fail

In an interview Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, Senator Lindsey Graham clarified his position on a proposed 300 billion fund aimed at Iran. Graham had previously criticized the concept as “tone-deaf” and compared it to a “Marshall Plan for Germany with the Nazis still in charge.” However, he told moderator Margaret Brennan that he [] South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump Will Seize Strait Of Hormuz If Iran Talks Fail

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· Jun 23, 2026

Meghan McCain Criticizes JD Vance’s “Coziness with America’s Enemies”

Conservative political pundit Meghan McCain, who has urged President Trump to stop sending Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a media “surrogate” to talk about the war in Iran, on Monday criticized Vice President JD Vance as he negotiates with Iran in Switzerland, where Qatari and Pakistani leaders are serving as mediators. In between meetings, Vance []

Korea Times News

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· Jul 12, 2026

US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71

US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71

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Related coverage for "Lindsey Graham, US Senator and Trump Ally Who Backed Every War, Dies at 71": The Hill — These four GOP senators voted for Democrats' Iran war powers resolution . Daily Mail — Lindsey Graham dead at 71: Firebrand Senator and Trump ally suffers 'cardiac arrest' days after returning from Ukraine meeting with Zelensky. RAPPLER — Pivotal US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71. Tampa Free Press — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham: Trump Will Seize Strait Of Hormuz If Iran Talks Fail. 2Paragraphs — Meghan McCain Criticizes JD Vance’s “Coziness with America’s Enemies”. Korea Times News — US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71