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11 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 21, 2026.
H.R. 5334 passed the Senate 86-11 and the House 262-159 in honor of the senator who died in July. It bars new U.S. investment in Russia until Ukraine accepts a peace deal and extends Iran sanctions to 2031. A former State Department sanctions chief says Trump 'missed a chance to send a message to Putin.'
WatchFifty-eight Democrats crossed over and seven Republicans defected. Hakeem Jeffries said Trump 'cannot be entrusted' with new tariff power. The bill now goes to a president who has spent months saying he wanted it.
Ten Republicans ran in Tuesday's special primary for the Senate seat left vacant when Graham died in July. Nobody cleared 50%, so the appointed senator now faces a two-week sprint against a sitting congressman.
The act lets the president impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. The House is on recess and will not vote before September.
H.R. 5334 would let the president tariff the biggest buyers of Russian oil, blacklist Moscow's shadow fleet and extend Iran sanctions. Rand Paul gets one amendment vote first.
Netanyahu and Zelenskyy sat in the same pews as Vance, Pence and Justice Kavanaugh for the South Carolina senator's funeral, 17 days after his sudden death at 71.
Darline Graham Nordone, appointed to the South Carolina seat this month, says she will run in the August 11 special Republican primary.
The revised measure would let President Trump impose tariffs of up to 100% on the biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas — including China and India — and slap mandatory sanctions on Vladimir Putin and his inner circle.
WatchGov. Henry McMaster, acting on a recommendation from President Trump, named Darline Graham Nordone to serve out the remainder of her late brother's term as Republicans move quickly to protect a fragile Senate majority.
WatchThe five-term South Carolina Republican and close Trump ally died Saturday night after what his office called a 'brief and sudden illness'; the D.C. medical examiner's preliminary findings point to a torn aorta.
The Senate Budget Committee chairman called an emergency meeting Monday to explore bundling the Pentagon's war request, ICE funding, and anti-fraud measures into a package that bypasses the 60-vote filibuster.