(FILES) US Senator Lindsey Graham (R), Republican of South Carolina, speaks to the press alongside US President Donald Trump, surrounded by members of Congress, after Trump signed a funding bill to end a partial government shutdown in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 3, 2026. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a key ally of US President Donald Trump, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 71 following "a brief and sudden illness," his office announced on its official X account on July 12. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)