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President Donald Trump said Russia agreed to supply diesel to international markets, a major shift in U.S. policy toward Russian energy as fuel prices remain politically sensitive.
The U.S. administration announced broad sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, escalating Washington’s confrontation with the tribunal.
President Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a previously dismissed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others linked to the 2016 election.
A federal judge ruled against a Justice Department effort to obtain and cross-check state voter rolls with a federal immigration database ahead of the midterm elections.
A new national poll found large majorities of Americans believe administration policies have contributed to rising prices as affordability dominates the midterm campaign.
Republican groups have roughly $1 billion available for the final stretch of the midterm campaign, even as party strategists worry about increasingly competitive races.
Voters gave Democrats advantages on several policy questions in new polling, although confidence in both major parties remained weak.
An AP-NORC poll found widespread frustration over living costs and low approval of President Trump’s handling of the economy as the midterms approach.
President Trump announced that media-company communications adviser Katie Zacharia will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.