Tag: Sanctions

President Trump directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to design a financial aid program for oil companies with Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette (not pictured).

Senate blocks resolution to stop Trump from lifting Russian sanctions

Susan Ferrechio · January 16, 2019 6:14 pm

An oil rig near Moscow, Russia. Russia and Saudi Arabia said May 2017 they want to extend oil production cuts through the first quarter of 2018, in a move the two major producers say would support the market price.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s Iran waivers, rather than his deregulatory push, have lowered oil prices

John Siciliano · January 16, 2019 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks with an aide on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

Senate ignores Trump, votes to consider bill reversing decision to lift Russia sanctions

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 10:28 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to reporters after giving a classified briefing to members of the House of Representatives, telling them that the Trump administration will keep strict U.S. sanctions on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019.

Mnuchin privately urges GOP lawmakers not to vote with Democrats on Russia sanctions measure

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 7:35 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol after arriving from a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

Schumer to force vote on Treasury decision to lift Russian sanctions

Claude Thompson · January 13, 2019 5:03 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and Government Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 22, 2018.

Mnuchin to brief Democrats on Russia sanctions relief

Joel Gehrke · January 9, 2019 8:26 pm

Iran's Vice-President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi, left, talks to European Union Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete at the end of a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

New EU sanctions on Iran are toothless

Tom Rogan · January 9, 2019 7:11 pm

"This is not only typical of him, this is what this con man does. He diverts attention from himself by attacking others, but this business about Stormy is not going to go away," Rep. Maxine Waters said. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for Human Rights Campaign/AP Images)

House Democrats push back on Trump about Russia sanctions relief

Joel Gehrke · January 8, 2019 10:47 pm

Charles Rettig arrives at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination for Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Thursday, June 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill.

Chuck Schumer moves to block pro-Israel bill to protest shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · January 7, 2019 8:23 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., joins House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and newly-elected members at a news conference to discuss their priorities when they assume the majority in the 116th Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

New York Times whitewashes anti-Semitism of incoming House Democrat Ilhan Omar

Philip Klein · December 31, 2018 3:30 pm

Assorted sweets, including chocolate bars, are on display in a market in Kiev, Ukraine.

Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine

Daniel Chaitin · December 29, 2018 8:46 pm

Children wave U.S. and Chinese flags as President Trump arrives at Beijing Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Beijing, China. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s trade war comes at the expense of real sanctions on China

Erin Dunne · December 24, 2018 3:07 pm