Republicans Rebuke Donald Trump's Russia Waiver

Trump announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply diesel to U.S. and global markets, saying it could lower fuel costs. He had signed a law imposing new sanctions and tariffs on Russia and certain buyers of its oil, then used a waiver to pause them shortly before they took effect. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, with attacks damaging infrastructure and killing civilians. Trump said the waiver would keep Russia in peace talks and could be reversed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was nearly out of Patriot interceptors, and offered a 30-day pause on refinery strikes if more arrive. A proposed Trump-Putin-Xi summit could address Ukraine without Zelenskyy.