WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States punished dozens of Russian oligarchs and government officials on Friday with sanctions that took direct aim at President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, as President Donald Trump’s administration tried to show he’s not afraid to take tough action against Moscow.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what could be the most aggressive move so far against Russia’s business elite.
ABC News - A pilot with the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds flight-demonstration team died Wednesday when the pilot's F-16 crashed near Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas.
ABC News - Stormy and cold weather will continue for the Midwest and Northeast through the weekend, with more snow expected.
LONDON (AP) — The poisoned daughter of an ex-Russian spy said Thursday she’s recovering quickly after her ordeal, while Russia strongly protested being locked out of the probe into the nerve agent that sickened her and her father.
FOX News - President Trump on Thursday said that a caravan of more than 1,000 Central Americans traveling through Mexico had been “largely broken up” by Mexican authorities -- adding that it had avoided “a giant scene” at the U.S. border.
USA TODAY - BEIJING – China on Wednesday issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating technology dispute with Washington that companies worry could set back the global economic recovery.
NBC News - President Trump said Tuesday he planned to speak with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in the coming days about the logistics of deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
ABC News - A major storm ripped through the heartland yesterday, bringing more than 300 reports of damaging storms that included eight tornadoes from Texas to Pennsylvania.
