✓Anthony Zurcher: From Trump critic to ally, Lindsey Graham was a political survivor of the Maga era
The senator's career was marked by a willingness to adapt to America's dramatically changing political climate, writes the BBC's North America correspondent
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US senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness'
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U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as Tehran says it has closed Strait of Hormuz
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Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival
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Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One reporting
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Lindsey Graham’s sudden death sends shockwaves through Congress as politicians mourn and mull his replacement – as it happened
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What Peter Falconio's killer told police when asked to reveal location of backpacker's body
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✓US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral
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Girl, 9, among at least six killed in Israeli Gaza attacks - say Palestinian officials
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✓Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature
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✓Badly burned British couple rescued from ravine during Spain wildfires, reports say
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✓Ukraine's prime minister steps down as country 'is changing its political strategy'
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✓Fire breaks out at a pub in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people, officials say
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✓China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall
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✓Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani laid to rest in Doha
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✓US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds
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