Donald Trump says diesel shipment could arrive "within a short period of time"

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order pausing a broad Russia sanctions law he had approved the previous month, saying the delay served the country’s interests. The measure, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and passed with bipartisan backing, aimed to choke off money supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine. The White House posted the notice late that evening without explaining the rationale, and congressional Democrats condemned the move. It came about a week after Trump said the U.S. would buy Russian diesel to ease global energy costs; in that announcement, he described staged shipments, including an additional three-million-ton batch whose timing his quoted phrase addressed. Critics from both parties said the diesel plan could aid Moscow without making fuel cheaper.