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Special envoy Steve Witkoff faced backlash from lawmakers and Ukraine for praising Russian President Putin as a “humanitarian” after Russia’s release of U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard. Some Republicans joined Democrats in criticizing Witkoff’s remarks.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff faced backlash from lawmakers and Ukraine for praising Russian President Putin as a “humanitarian” after Russia’s release of U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard. Some Republicans joined Democrats in criticizing Witkoff’s remarks.
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The Trump administration praised Putin as a “humanitarian” for releasing a detained US citizen, the latest White House move to curry favor with Russia in its efforts to end the war in Ukraine

The Trump administration praised Putin as a “humanitarian” for releasing a detained US citizen, the latest White House move to curry favor with Russia in its efforts to end the war in Ukraine
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Russia Releases American Stephen Hubbard

The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, little.
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Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia

The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.
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In a scathing rebuke, Republican Senator Thom Tillis blasted President Trump's willingness to hold a trilateral Ukraine war summit with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, calling the proposed meeting “absurd.”

In a scathing rebuke, Republican Senator Thom Tillis blasted President Trump's willingness to hold a trilateral Ukraine war summit with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, calling the proposed meeting “absurd.”
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President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping but indicated his focus would be on denuclearization efforts rather than ending the war in Ukraine

President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping but indicated his focus would be on denuclearization efforts rather than ending the war in Ukraine
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President Trump signed an executive order waiving a sweeping sanctions package against Russia in a move that was condemned by Ukraine. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) called the move “sucking up to Vladimir Putin.”

President Trump signed an executive order waiving a sweeping sanctions package against Russia in a move that was condemned by Ukraine. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) called the move “sucking up to Vladimir Putin.”
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A group of House Democrats and one Republican introduced legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Vladimir Putin

A group of House Democrats and one Republican introduced legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Vladimir Putin
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Amid strong bipartisan pushback to an agreement to import Russian oil, President Trump defended the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I made the right choice for the American People,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Amid strong bipartisan pushback to an agreement to import Russian oil, President Trump defended the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I made the right choice for the American People,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
• cnn.it
President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowbac...
President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowback in the US as lawmakers warn that the Trump administration is defying a federal law meant to crackdown on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. https://cnn.it/47xKTpX
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President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowbac...