{"id":171150,"date":"2025-11-08T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T22:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-oil-prices-jump-after-president-puts-sanctions-on-russia-in-major-policy-shift-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T22:31:10","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-oil-prices-jump-after-president-puts-sanctions-on-russia-in-major-policy-shift-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-oil-prices-jump-after-president-puts-sanctions-on-russia-in-major-policy-shift-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Oil prices jump after president puts sanctions on Russia in major policy shift – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump, who has to date not put sanctions on Russia over the war and instead relied on trade measures, says Rosneft and Lukoil will be targeted. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 22 October
Donald Trump imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft, sending oil prices higher by more than $2 a barrel.
The president imposed the new measures as his frustration grows with Russian president Vladimir Putin over the war.
The sanctions are a major policy shift for Trump, who had not put sanctions on Russia over the war and instead relied on trade measures. Trump earlier this year imposed additional 25% tariffs on goods from India in retaliation for it buying discounted Russian oil.
Here are the key Trump administration<\/a> stories at a glance.
Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin<\/a> was not being \u201chonest and forthright\u201d in Ukraine talks, the US treasury chief has said. The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil came a day after a planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest was shelved<\/a>, with Washington expressing its disappointment at the lack of progress in ceasefire negotiations with Moscow.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Trump administration officials confirmed to various outlets on Wednesday that the White House\u2019s East Wing will be demolished \u201cwithin days\u201d, a revelation given that the administration has not submitted plans for the new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The president declared himself the arbiter of whether or not his own administration should pay him damages over past federal investigations, telling reporters that any such decision \u201cwould have to go across my desk\u201d.
Trump insisted on Tuesday that the government owed him \u201ca lot of money\u201d for previous justice department investigations into his conduct, while at the same time asserting his personal authority over any potential payout.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A small boat half-filled with brown packages is seen moving along at sea and then explodes and floats motionless in flames, in a brief video released by the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth<\/a>,
The operation happened off coast of Colombia, marking the first such strike in the Pacific. Seven previous attacks in Caribbean killed at least 32 people.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The University of Virginia (UVA) has become the latest school to agree to the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s demands concerning discrimination in admissions and hiring after significant pressure from the justice department.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate<\/a> in Maine, said on Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognised as a Nazi symbol.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley spoke for nearly 23 hours on the Senate floor<\/a><\/strong> to press the case that Trump is acting as an authoritarian by prosecuting political enemies and deploying the military into Merkley\u2019s home town of Portland.
More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers have written to Marco Rubio urging for help to secure the release of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American citizen who has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly eight months<\/a><\/strong>.
While health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr touts the importance of eliminating ultra-processed foods from the US diet, but nutrition experts say several Trump administration policies undermine that goal<\/a>.<\/strong>
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Tuesday, 21 October<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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