Trump threatens harsh sanctions on any country that trades with Iran
Donald Trump says he is starting a major economic campaign to punish any country doing business with Iran, calling it the toughest such effort yet.
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman, the go-between for US-Iran talks
President Trump said the US would bomb Oman if the Gulf country 'gets in the way' over the standoff with Iran, the BBC reports.
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Trump Turns the Hormuz War Into a Toll Booth: A Third Night of Strikes and a $200B Chokepoint Plan
After a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, Trump has floated a tolling scheme in the Strait of Hormuz that he says could raise nearly $200 billion a year. The war is becoming a US-run chokepoint that reprices global energy trade and puts every Gulf-dependent ally on notice.
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Graham Is Dead; His 'Sanctions From Hell' Just Got Its Two Most Powerful Backers
A week ago the question was whether Graham's signature Russia bill could survive without him. The answer is arriving fast: Trump and Thune have taken it up as a memorial, and a Graham will keep sitting in the Senate.
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Lindsey Graham, Senate's Loudest Ukraine Hawk, Dies at 71
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a driving force behind the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill and one of Congress's most influential voices on Ukraine, has died at 71. His death leaves the legislation's most visible champion gone just as it heads toward a vote.
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Rep. Ro Khanna Says Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Him in West Bank, Fueling Calls for Congressional Rebuke
A sitting US congressman says he was held for more than an hour by armed Israeli settlers during a West Bank trip — and now it's a live question of what, if anything, Congress does about it.