Trump, Congress and world leaders to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in Washington
Trump, Netanyahu and Zelenskyy are expected to attend as lawmakers honor Graham’s military and foreign policy legacy.
- 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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