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Republican lawmakers are growing frustrated with President Donald Trump after he paused new sanctions on Russia’s economy, sidelining a measure he signed into law just a month ago.

Trump halted the sanctions by executive order Friday and set off growing GOP backlash, with lawmakers demanding answers about disruptions to Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service and U.S. intelligence warnings of incoming Russian missiles. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) told MS NOW that Congress would punish the administration.

“There have not been sufficient answers forthcoming from the administration,” Fitzpatrick told MS NOW after joining a bipartisan call with Zelenskyy. “And you better well damn believe that we’re going to demand them. ... We’re going to take budgetary action — punitive budgetary action — until we get to the truth, until this is fixed.”...

It’s one of the great unanswered questions of the past decade: what the hell could Russia’s dictator president Vladimir Putin have on Donald Trump that would force the American president to consistently behave with such deference and fear, bordering on total submission?

The query was raised anew this past week over the deal suspending fuel import sanctions on Russia for six months to allow for diesel sales at market prices — a surefire boon to the Russian economy. It was done at the behest, naturally, of Trump, who made it even worse by mocking the reaction to it of Ukraine’s courageous leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

When it comes to Putin and Zelensky, Trump always purposefully gets things exactly backwards, pretending it was Russia that was invaded and Ukraine has demonstrated unreasonable aggression while defending its ongoing existence. It’s insane — but it’s also part of Trump’s calculated currying of favor with Putin....

President Donald Trump announced a major development in the Russo-Ukraine war Sunday morning, one he said was “effective immediately.”

“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”

Despite the celebratory nature of Trump’s announcement, the president had made similar claims in the past, only to be rebuked on the world stage. In September, Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to avoid striking energy infrastructure targets only for Ukraine to strike “one of Russia’s key oil industry facilities” days later....

President Donald Trump claimed last week that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to avoid striking energy infrastructure targets, but on Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proudly boasted about striking “one of Russia’s key oil industry facilities,” leading critics to condemn Trump for “just another lie to manipulate markets.”

BBC reported that Ukraine launched its “largest” drone attack on the Moscow region since Russia's 2022 invasion, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. Moscow’s "main oil refinery" was among the targets struck.

“It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets,” wrote MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski Sunday morning in a social media post on X. “Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.”...

First lady Melania Trump claimed she secured a “ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, but it covers only one occupied town, and neither country immediately confirmed it.

The White House made the claim in a statement Friday, saying the first lady “successfully secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, localized to the city of Oleshky.” Melania Trump shared the statement on X.

The statement said the ceasefire would begin Oct. 29, allowing humanitarian aid into Oleshky and preparing to evacuate civilians through a safe passageway....

Critics of President Donald Trump unloaded on his White House after a new report traced a deadly battlefield decision straight to his doorstep.

Reuters reported Thursday that the order to limit Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink service that Ukrainian troops use for drone operations and battlefield communications, came from inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said people were killed when interceptor drones relying on the system stopped working. On Wednesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pinned the limits on the U.S. military and "ultimately" the president. A senior U.S. official insisted to Reuters that "no such request was ever made by the president."...