Lindsey Graham died a day after his last visit to Kyiv, leaving his "sanctions from hell" Russia bill without its author at the moment it might pass. The tributes framing his support for Ukraine, trans-Atlantic ties and Israel double as a map of what Washington's allies just lost.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a driving force behind the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill and one of Congress's most influential voices on Ukraine, has died at 71. His death leaves the legislation's most visible champion gone just as it heads toward a vote.
Senator Lindsey Graham says the White House has agreed to a version of his Russia sanctions bill, clearing the way for a Senate vote and threatening 500 percent tariffs on countries that keep buying Russian energy. The announcement lands the same week Turkey's foreign minister says Washington is moving to lift its own sanctions on Ankara — a reminder that in this administration, sanctions are less a fixed wall than a lever.