President Trump says he will soon meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, while his administration considers lifting sanctions on Russia's main state investment fund.
The Trump administration is weighing relief for the sanctioned tankers that move Russian oil around Western price caps, sending crude prices lower — just as senators and the EU's Kallas pressed Washington to close sanctions gaps.
Six US senators want the Trump administration to end a rule that lets Russian diesel keep selling abroad despite sanctions, saying it undercuts efforts to cut off Kremlin oil money.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent three hours meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, then went to Kyiv for more talks aimed at ending the war.
The US government has been raising import taxes on goods from Canada and India, then offering to lower them in exchange for concessions unrelated to trade.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington will sanction another bank this week for handling Iran-linked payments, and expects to add new sanctions on Iran-tied banks weekly from now on.
China has gone from rejecting a US ultimatum over its trade with Iran to warning it may retaliate, the Financial Times reports.
The Trump administration is preparing to cancel the visas of up to 200,000 people who entered the US on a tourist or business visa between 2016 and 2026 and then applied for asylum, according to NPR, DW and other outlets.
The US Treasury Department punished Chinese companies for doing business with Iran and told other countries to cut Iran trade too or face the same sanctions.
The United States has announced new penalties, called sanctions, meant to cut off money and trade with Iran, calling the move an 'economic D-Day.' Iran's government called the sanctions 'economic terrorism.' Washington also asked China, which buys most of Iran's oil, to help enforce the sanctions, but China publicly refused, saying they won't solve the underlying conflict.
The US Treasury has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and a senior court lawyer, the deepest blow yet in an American campaign against the court, which the administration has vowed to dismantle "brick by brick."
Senate Democrats are asking the Trump administration why it has issued no new sanctions in 17 months against networks that help Russia dodge existing sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.