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Trump Throws Lifeline To Russian Energy Buyers Days Before Lindsey Graham-Backed Sanctions Take Effect

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Trump's decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seenLawmakers from both parties blasted the executive order late Friday, the latest in a series of steps that the Republican president has taken drawing the United States closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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Schumer: 'Trump just gave Putin the best birthday gift he’ll get this year'Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Trump on Saturday of giving Russian President Vladimir Putin “the best birthday gift” after he waived new sanctions on Russia days before they were set to take effect. “By giving the Russian economy life support Trump’s deal with the devil keeps getting dirtier,” Schumer wrote in a...

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Republicans Who Could Help Block Trump’s Russia Diesel DealMultiple Republicans have spoken out against Trump's deal with Putin to increase supplies of Russian diesel to U.S. markets.

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Zelensky Links Huge Russia Energy Attack to Trump Sanctions WaiverMore than 15 critical power facilities were targeted as Zelensky warned that easing pressure on Moscow encourages Putin.

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Zelensky Complains Trump's Move to Pause Russian Sanctions Will Encourage PutinUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that he feared the United States would lift more sanctions on Russia and that President Donald Trump's action only "rewards" Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. The post Zelensky Complains Trump’s Move to Pause Russian Sanctions Will Encourage Putin appeared first on Breitbart .

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Trump waives new Russia sanctions in the "national interests"President Trump waived new sanctions on Russia late Friday night, saying it was in the "national interests" to hold off on the sweeping levies under the Graham Act that he signed just last month. Why it matters : Trump is easing American pressure on Russia despite a bipartisan chorus calling for him to do the exact opposite. It comes a week after his…

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A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in GazaMichigan’s closely contested Senate race has become deeply personal for some voters

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Zelenskyy: Trump is letting Putin offUkraine's president condemns suspension of sanctions, Moscow celebrates the decision, both brace for winter attacks

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GOP lawmaker declares Trump's agenda 'dead' after president threw key ally 'under the bus'Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) says President Donald Trump’s plans for the post-election session of Congress are finished. He blamed the president’s latest move on Russia. “Congress has a lame-duck session. The President has an agenda: supplemental, reconciliation, Ballroom, etc… I think the agenda is dead,” Bacon wrote on X Saturday. “Many of us won’t fund…

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Terror groups are handing Venezuela’s critical minerals over to ChinaThe Trump administration must address the corruption of the Venezuelan government and its role in allowing terrorist organizations and cartels to fund themselves by smuggling critical minerals to Chinese buyers.

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