Section: US & Canada
Trump Relents, Signals He Will Sign Russia Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign a package of stiff financial sanctions against Russia that passed Congress with overwhelming support, the White House said Friday. Moscow has already responded, ordering a reduction in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia and closing the U.S. Embassy’s recreation retreat. Trump’s...
Trump Intel Chief: North Korea Learned From Libya War to “Never” Give Up Nukes
The media is now filled with headlines about North Korea’s missile test on Friday, which demonstrated that its ICBMs may be able to reach the continental U.S. What isn’t mentioned in any of these stories is how we got to this point — in particular, what Dan Coats, President Donald Trump’s Director of National Security, explained...
Congress Slaps Putin With More Sanctions. Does He Actually Care?
A Q&A with the Defense Department’s former Eastern Europe point person, Evelyn Farkas, on the Russian tyrant’s real goals in Ukraine, Syria and beyond. …read more Source:...
Analysis: Trump gets a major bill, and it’s Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most consequential piece of legislation that the Republican-led Congress has delivered to President Donald Trump after seven months is a new package of financial penalties against Russia that he didn’t want to sign into law. But he’s going to. He would have faced a political firestorm if he rejected the...
Is There Method to Anthony Scaramucci’s Madness?
New White House enforcer abuses Bannon and Priebus and meets with Sessions—it looks like a massive power play. I’m not sure how many more days like Thursday this country can take. The most important event was the defeat of the “skinny repeal” bill in the Senate — which actually happened in the wee hours of Friday morning — with Sen. John...
White House Says Trump Will Sign Russian Sanctions Bill
The White House announced late on July 28 that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to sign legislation strengthening sanctions against Russia over its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donald Trump Agrees to Impose Further Sanctions on Russia
President Donald Trump has agreed to sign a bill that will impose further sanctions on Russia and gives Congress new powers to block him from easing sanctions against Moscow in the future, the White House has confirmed. “President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it,” a statement from the...
Trump to Approve Sanctions Bill; Russia Imposes Its Own
The White House says President Donald Trump approves of Congress’ new sanctions against Russia and he intends to sign the bill. In a statement Friday, the press secretary said the president has reviewed the final version of the bill that outlines additional sanctions against a wide range of Russia industries. The bill also gives Congress...
Pence to Visit Estonia, Georgia, Montenegro on NATO, Russia
Vice President Mike Pence visits three countries in Russia’s neighborhood beginning Monday to signal support for them and NATO while drawing a line against aggression. Pence’s trip to Estonia, Georgia and Montenegro is viewed as a follow-up to President Donald Trump’s visit to Europe earlier this month. Then, Trump used stops in...
Why Moscow’s retaliation for U.S. sanctions is a major escalation
JUDY WOODRUFF: The government of Russia announced today that the U.S. would need to drastically reduce the number of its officials working in Russia, and could no longer use two properties there. Hari Sreenivasan is in New York with more. HARI SREENIVASAN: The move follows two American actions, both related to the Russian interference in the 2016...
