RIFT WITH TRUMP:
Repulican lawmakers grapple with reduced numbers following the death of Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell’s continued absence after a fall
AP, WASHINGTON
US Senate Republicans yesterday returned to Washington with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally of US President Donald Trump.Graham, 71, died on Saturday evening after a tear in his aorta, a statement from his office said on Sunday. The shocking news came after another prominent Republican senator, former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, has been hospitalized for almost a month. McConnell broke a weekslong silence about his health on Sunday evening, saying that he was still recovering after suffering from pneumonia and falling in his home.
US Senator Mitch McConnell, left, sits with his wife, former US secretary of labor Elaine Chao, while holding what appears to be Sunday’s sports section of the Washington Post in a photograph released by his office in Washington on Sunday.
