SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM DEAD AT 71

Trump's closest Senate ally and the chamber's loudest hawk died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. It disclosed no cause.

Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who spent twenty-four years in the Senate and became Donald Trump's closest ally there, died Saturday evening at 71, his office announced Sunday.

The statement said Graham died after a “brief and sudden illness.” It gave no cause and asked for privacy.