Trump waives Russia sanctions ordered by law named for Lindsey Graham

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived the sweeping Russian sanctions and tariffs enacted by the bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law last month, but he decided to put the legislation on hold indefinitely, saying that doing so is in the “national interests” of the United States.

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