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Biden imposes sanctions on more oligarchs as Russia intensifies attack on Ukraine
President Biden introduced new sanctions Thursday on greater than a dozen Russian oligarchs and their households, as stress continued to construct on Capitol Hill for a fair harder response to Moscow every week after it invaded Ukraine, notably banning imports of Russian vitality.
The White Home imposed sanctions on 19 rich Russian people and 47 of their members of the family and shut associates, together with President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, and Alisher Usmanov, one of many wealthiest males in Russia.
Unwilling to interact Russia’s navy immediately, the U.S. and Europe have additionally elevated their shipments of weapons and different materiel to Ukraine in latest days, as tv protection of Russia’s unprovoked aggression and social media posts from Ukraine have galvanized the West.
Biden, outlining the brand new sanctions at first of a Cupboard assembly Thursday, stated prior actions to chop Russia off from the worldwide monetary system have had a “profound impact” already.
“The purpose was to maximise the affect on Putin and Russia and decrease the hurt on us and our allies and mates around the globe,” he continued. “Our curiosity is in sustaining the strongest unified financial affect marketing campaign on Putin in all historical past, and I believe we’re properly on the best way to doing that.”
The U.S. restrictions will prohibit these sanctioned from touring to the US. By focusing on the elites’ members of the family, the administration is aiming to forestall them from simply transferring property to spouses or youngsters, a loophole typically utilized in related conditions to evade sanctions.
The newest transfer got here amid new indications from Putin that he has no intention of halting the battle till he has overrun all of Ukraine. And it marked the most recent effort by Washington to power him to recalculate his technique by a devastating financial stress marketing campaign.
On Wednesday, the Justice Division introduced a workforce to implement sanctions and export restrictions and to grab luxurious property belonging to Russia’s wealthiest residents.
The administration and European allies have so far prevented sanctioning Russia’s vitality sector, making an attempt to mitigate the affect on world vitality markets and customers. By placing the monetary screws to Russian millionaires and billionaires, the administration hopes it will likely be in a position to power these oligarchs to distance themselves from Putin and urge him to discover a diplomatic offramp to finish the battle in Ukraine.
However up to now the financial and geopolitical results of the swift world response to Moscow — the ruble has nose-dived, Russian planes have been barred from European and U.S. airspace, and long-neutral nations equivalent to Finland and Sweden have steered a newfound curiosity in becoming a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Group — haven’t deterred Putin. On Thursday after the Russian chief’s 90-minute phone name with French President Emmanuel Macron, an Elysee Palace official concluded that Putin was decided to overcome Ukraine irrespective of the price, stating flatly that “the worst is but to come back.”
Because the shelling of Ukraine’s main cities continues every week after Putin started the invasion, political stress continues to construct in Washington for sanctions on Russia’s vitality sector.
Republicans argue that going after the nation’s vitality exports would cripple Russia way more dramatically than different actions the U.S. has taken.
“Their Achilles’ heel is that their economic system will depend on oil and fuel income. By no means within the historical past of warfare have we had an opportunity to ship such a decisive blow with out firing a shot,” stated Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “If the Ukrainians can stand as much as a tank, if a grandmother can get a rifle, certainly to God we will produce extra oil and fuel.”
A number of Republicans in addition to Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana have launched payments to ban the U.S. import of Russian oil.
Though Europe is much extra depending on Russian vitality sources, the U.S. buys nearly 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Russia, in line with Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R-Alaska).
“That’s $17 billion that we’re placing into Putin’s battle chest,” he stated. “That is nationwide safety suicide.”
Up to now, the administration has hesitated to impose vitality sanctions. The transfer, prone to wreak hardship on extraordinary Russians, might rally them behind their chief. On the similar time, such measures would in all probability improve oil costs on the worldwide market and will result in important financial and political penalties within the U.S.
“The president’s goal has been to maximise affect on President Putin and Russia whereas minimizing affect to us and our allies and companions,” White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated Thursday. “We don’t have a strategic curiosity in decreasing the worldwide provide of vitality.”
Many Democrats are skeptical of the thought, partially as a result of it will require the U.S. to extend home manufacturing to make up for it, however prime Home Democrats are on board.
“I’m all for that. Ban it,” stated Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). Home Majority Chief Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) reiterated that place.
Though Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.) stated that not shopping for Russian oil “appears like the proper factor to do,” he expressed skepticism that Congress ought to begin freelancing overseas coverage individually from the White Home.
“There’s no purpose for us to doubt the competence and effectiveness of this administration on Ukraine coverage,” he stated. “They’ve carried out past folks’s wildest expectations, and I don’t know that that is the second for Congress to be setting a distinct path from the administration.”
Additionally on Thursday, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that it has paused deportation flights to Ukraine due to the “ongoing humanitarian disaster” there.
“ICE will proceed to watch the continuing scenario and make operational modifications as vital,” the spokesman stated.
Six members of Congress on Thursday launched bipartisan laws to grant Ukrainians within the U.S. momentary protected standing to forestall their deportation. The Middle for Migration Research of New York estimates that 28,000 Ukrainians within the U.S. may gain advantage from the designation.
“One of many first issues we have to do is guarantee Ukrainians right here within the U.S. that we’ll not ship harmless Ukrainians again to this battle zone — which might solely exacerbate situations in Ukraine and inflict trauma on these already dealing with an unimaginable scenario,” Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) stated in a information launch.
The Division of Homeland Safety on Thursday designated Ukraine for momentary protected standing for 18 months. To be eligible, Ukrainians should have constantly resided within the U.S. since March 1. International locations might be designated for TPS on account of ongoing armed battle, environmental disasters or different extraordinary situations.
“Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked assault on Ukraine has resulted in an ongoing battle, mindless violence, and Ukrainians compelled to hunt refuge in different nations,” Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas stated in a information launch. “In these extraordinary occasions, we’ll proceed to supply our help and safety to Ukrainian nationals in the US.”
Occasions workers author Andrea Castillo contributed to this report.
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Harris campaign 'underwater' in key battleground state, Dem rep warns donors
Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for a Senate seat this cycle, recently warned donors that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is “underwater” in the key battleground state, according to a report.
“I’m not feeling my best right now about where we are on Kamala Harris in a place like Michigan,” Slotkin told donors during a virtual campaign event with Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker last Wednesday, according to Axios.
“We have her underwater in our polling,” Slotkin added, according to audio Axios obtained from the event.
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Latest polling shows former President Donald Trump closing in on Harris in the key battleground states of both Michigan and neighboring Wisconsin. Harris received 48% of support among likely Michigan voters in a New York Times/Siena College poll this week, while Trump garnered 47% support in the poll — effectively locking the pair in a tie well within the poll’s margin of error.
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A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll of likely voters in the Great Lake State released last week found Harris was up three points over Trump. That poll had a 4.4% margin of error.
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Michigan is once again a key battleground state this year, as Harris and Trump zigzag campaign events across the state, as well as in other key states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin.
The Axios article noted that if Trump secures votes from the Sunbelt States across the southern portion of the U.S., he would only need to win either Michigan, Wisconsin or Pennsylvania to declare victory. While Harris’ easiest path to victory is locking down Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Trump won Michigan in his 2016 election against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a 0.23% margin. President Biden won by 2.78% in the state in 2020 when he faced off against Trump.
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Slotkin, who has served in the U.S. House since 2019, announced her Senate run last year after Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow said she would not seek re-election. Her remarks that Harris is “underwater” in Michigan could have been campaign rhetoric to drum up donations, but the campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s inquiry for additional comment on the campaign event.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the Harris campaign for comment on the report, but did not receive a reply.
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How, when and where to watch the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate
CBS News is hosting the debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — two vice presidential hopefuls facing each other Tuesday night.
The two will champion their running mates — former Republican President Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris — as part of their final pitch to voters, just over a month from election day.
Vance, known for his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” served in the Marine Corps before moving to San Francisco and working as a venture capitalist. He returned to his home state of Ohio, where he was elected senator in 2022.
Walz was born in Nebraska and moved to Minnesota as an adult. He served for 24 years in the Army National Guard and as a high school teacher and football coach. He served as a representative in Congress for 12 years before being elected to two terms as governor of Minnesota.
The two will meet at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York for the debate. No audience will be present.
When is the debate?
The debate begins at 6 p.m. PDT.
It will run for 90 minutes, with two four-minute breaks.
How can I watch it?
CBS will be airing the debate on all of its platforms — the CBS Television Network, Paramount+, CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and YouTube.
Most other major networks will air the simulcast of the debate.
Who are the moderators?
CBS News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell, along with “Face the Nation” moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan will moderate.
How will it work?
In the previous two presidential debates — the first between Trump and President Biden and the second between Trump and Harris — the mechanics of the debate became a heated topic between the two campaigns.
The network said that moderators “reserve the right to turn off candidate microphones.” Otherwise, both candidate microphones will be live.
Each candidate will get two minutes to answer and two minutes to respond to a question. They’ll each get one minute for rebuttals.
Moderators will not fact-check live, but the New York Times reported that CBS plans to have a QR code displayed prominently throughout the debate. The code will send viewers to CBS’ website, where CBS journalists will be fact-checking in real time.
Vance won a coin toss and chose to give the final closing statement.
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Trump narrows Harris' small lead in battleground Michigan, Wisconsin, poll finds
Former President Trump has narrowed Vice President Kamala Harris’ small lead in the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, new polling by the New York Times/Siena College finds.
Among likely voters in Michigan, Harris received 48% support, while Trump garnered 47%, locking the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees in an essential tie well within the poll’s margin of error. Harris polled at 49% among likely voters in Wisconsin, while Trump received 47% support in the same state where polls usually overestimate backing for Democrats, according to the Times.
The Times pointed to the economy, which remains the most important issue for voters, as Trump’s strength on economic issues helps him edge away at Harris’ slim lead in the two northern battlegrounds.
The new poll contrasts with August’s New York Times/Siena College survey, which has Harris leading Trump by four percentage points, 50% to 46% among likely voters, in the battlegrounds of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as well. That poll was the first conducted as the race reshaped with Harris becoming the presidential nominee following President Biden’s July departure from the contest.
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Now with less than 40 days until the Nov. 5 election, New York Times/Siena College polling places Harris ahead of Trump by nine percentage points in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, whose sole electoral vote could be critical in the Electoral College. The Times says Harris could receive exactly 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House if she picks up that district – given the vice president also wins Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Trump is victorious in the Sun Belt battleground states.
Though Ohio does not fall into the battleground state category for the presidential race, it’s home to one of the nation’s most competitive Senate contests between Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown and GOP challenger Bernie Moreno. New York Times/Siena College polling has Trump six points ahead of Harris in Ohio, whereas Brown leads Moreno by four points.
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Democrats have enjoyed an advantage for months in presidential contest polling in Wisconsin, which has been determined by less than a percentage point in four of the last six elections, including the 2020 race, the Times notes. Meanwhile, Biden carried Michigan by three points in 2020, while Trump won that Wolverine State in 2016 by three-tenths of a point.
Abortion was placed as the second most important issue among Michigan and Wisconsin voters.
The new poll found 18% of voters in the two states listed abortion as their top issue, noting an uptick since May when 13% of voters in Michigan and Wisconsin marked it as their determining cause. On abortion, Harris leads Trump by 20 points in Michigan, but now only by 13 points in Wisconsin. Harris had a 22-point lead over Trump in August on the abortion issue in the Badger State.
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