House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions

Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to block the Trump administration from lifting sanctions on a Russian oligarch with deep ties to Vladimir Putin. The effort, a joint resolution of disapproval, would overturn the Treasury Department’s December decision to ease sanctions on companies tied to Oleg Deripaska, who was sanctioned … Continue reading House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions