Trump, Senate hurtling toward clash over Russia sanctions

Published December 15, 2016 12:30am ET



The Trump administration and the Senate are headed for a collision early next year over new and existing sanctions on Russia and whether the incoming president will want to unravel them while lawmakers on both sides of the aisle push for more.

The Russian hacking allegations and the Senate GOP leaders’ decision to back a bipartisan investigation into them has laid bare the deep divide between Trump and prominent Republicans on relations with Russia.

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