US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies age 71

WASHINGTON: Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement on his official X account. “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, US Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” the Republican senator from South Carolina’s office said, adding that his “family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”