Trump, Congress and world leaders to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in Washington
World leaders and senior U.S. officials honored the longtime senator as his funeral drew Israel and Ukraine’s leaders to Washington.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, President Donald Trump joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Washington National Cathedral to eulogize Senator Lindsey Graham, whose flag-draped casket lay in the Capitol Rotunda.
- Graham, a four-term Republican senator from South Carolina, died July 11 at age 71 from an aortic dissection after returning from a trip to Ukraine. He was remembered as a defense hawk who championed assertive foreign policy for more than 30 years.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune praised Graham, stating "there was no one who took his job more seriously," while also noting no one was "more capable of cracking up a room" during the work week in Washington.
- Lawmakers scheduled a procedural vote Tuesday evening on the Russia sanctions package in Graham's honor, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected to meet senators that evening to advance his foreign policy priorities.
- Air Force Secretary Troy Meink instructed leadership to rename Joint Base Charleston in Graham's honor, while his sister, Senator Darline Graham, runs for a full Senate term with President Trump's "Complete and Total Endorsement.
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Meghan McCain chose to remember the good times she shared with Sen. Lindsey Graham after attending his funeral in Washington, D.C. “A beautiful, poetic send off for a patriotic man and an American icon,” McCain, 41, wrote via X on Tuesday, July 28. “I will always miss you Lindsey and forever cherish my family’s time […]
The two leaders to the Senator's eulogy, in Washington the global crises are settled. Lucraino: "Speaking of Patriot and diplomacy." L'Israelian: "We have lost a friend"
The funeral of the late Senator Graham was held solemnly at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on the 28th. Bipartisan tributes from Republicans and Democrats followed, with key administration figures including Trump and Vance in attendance. The event was assessed as widespread mourning amidst political polarization.
U.S. President Donald Trump; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski attended...
Lindsey Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’ at services drawing world leaders
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Graham’s flag-draped casket arrived for a tribute at the U.S. Capitol, where the Republican served for more than 30 years as an indefatigable dealmaker who talked and laughed and badgered his colleagues int…
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