Trump Weighs New Russia Sanctions as Senate Vows to Move Ahead

There is growing support in the Senate for new sanctions on Russia intended to pressure the country to wind down its war in Ukraine.

But it remains unclear if President Donald Trump will back a bipartisan Senate measure targeting Russia, despite his mounting public frustration with the war and lack of progress in the U.S.-brokered peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that work on the legislation — which already has 82 co-sponsors — could start later this month. But White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined Tuesday to say whether Trump supports the bill, a sign the president may be wary of letting Congress take the lead on a crucial foreign policy issue and one he promised to personally end on "day one" of his second term.

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