WASHINGTON POWER

• Trump Waives Graham Act Russia Sanctions and 100% Tariffs on Oil Buyers Days Before They Take Effect

  An executive order formally imposes, then suspends, the law's tariffs on Russia and its biggest oil customers, with no end date.

• Treasury Sanctions Baghdad Bank and Iran Shadow Bankers as U.S. Weighs 'Mother of All Bombs' Option

  Operation Economic Outcast hits an Iraqi bank, Iranian exchange houses and a Cuban lender as FinCEN flags abuse of Shi'a religious giving and CNN reports MOAB strike planning.

• Russian strikes hit Coca-Cola, McDonald's and PepsiCo sites in Ukraine as White House stays quiet

  The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine says U.S. brands are taking direct hits while Washington presses Kyiv over strikes on Russian fuel sites.

• US sanctions the International Criminal Court itself; EU vows to protect the court

  Rubio's move blocks the court's U.S. assets and gives Americans six months to cut ties, setting up a clash with Europe.

• DOJ opens antitrust probe of ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox over White House pool boycott

  The Justice Department says a joint refusal by competing networks to cover the president could violate the Sherman Act; press groups call it intimidation.

• Trump says Ukraine needs 'a new president' after Zelenskyy blasts Russian diesel deal

  A Treasury license lets Russian diesel onto world markets through April 2027, opening a public rift with Kyiv as peace talks stall.