US Senator Lindsey Graham passed ‌away on Saturday evening after a brief and sudden illness, the communications ⁠director for his office ‌said in a social media post early on Sunday. Graham, ⁠71, ⁠was a prominent ‌Republican senator from South Carolina. Earlier in his career, he was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies ⁠on Capitol Hill.