WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Trump called Graham “a giant of the United States Senate, a true American original who left us much too soon.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., attends a congressional tribute to late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pauses as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 25, 2019. Lindsey Graham never married, but he helped support his younger sister after both of his parents died while he was at college and then starting law school.