Lindsey Graham’s Sudden Death Leaves His Legislative Priorities in Limbo

What Lindsey Graham's death means for the GOP's soul

As chance would have it, I happened to be roaming the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building just a few weeks ago when I bumped into — almost literally — Sen. Lindsey Graham. I had met him briefly on two different occasions years ago, each time at one of those functions where you briefly meet such figures, but couldn’t say I knew him; he was busy, I was busy, and in any case he was not on my list of people I needed to speak with, so it was …

Of course Trump is exploiting Graham’s legacy

In life, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who died of a heart condition on Saturday, chased relevancy above all else. It was this need that took him from being a fervent anti-Trumper aligned with Senator John McCain to being a…

This Week, Death Took Lindsey Graham’s Body. Trump Took His Soul Long Before That.

Lindsey Graham is dead, and it gives me no joy. This is not a celebration; it is a lament. The moment any human being leaves this planet, it is almost always an occasion to mourn. When death arrives, it is a permanent interruption, an unexpected or unwanted end to a complIcated life in progress. There is an incompleteness that comes: work left undone, plans abandoned, journeys ceased. In nearly every case, in the wake of someone’s passing, so ma…

The Republican Foreign Policy Split Graham Bridged — Now Wide Open | Fresh Off The Press

The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham removes one of Washington’s loudest war hawks and opens a fierce fight over who will steer Republican foreign policy in the Trump era. Story Snapshot Lindsey Graham’s passing ends a decades-long era of aggressive, interventionist Republican foreign policy. His death exposes a growing split between Trump’s America First base and old-guard GOP foreign policy hawks. Allies like Ukraine and Israel lose a k…

The Foreign Policy Lindsey Graham Carried Was Buried First

Lindsey Graham’s sister took his Senate seat at 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and the shortest reading of American foreign policy this week is that nothing else about it changed. Darline Graham Nordone, 62, a state commissioner for the blind who has never held elected office, was sworn in as the first woman ever to represent South Carolina in the Senate. Donald Trump had recommended her on Truth Social two days after her brother died, calling it “a…

Lindsey Graham’s sudden death leaves his legislative priorities in limbo

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) sudden death last weekend is complicating an already difficult dynamic between Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, as legislators try to muster enough support in the caucus to pass the president’s key legislative priorities.  Graham’s committee chairmanships, vast donor network and his close relationship with Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio made him a critical leader in Washington whose presence h…