Breaking News · October 17, 2026, 9:20 PM CDT
As reported by The Guardian:
– US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump’s waiver of sweeping sanctions and tariffs on Russia would be a 60-day pause to “analyse” their impact on the global economy.
Rubio said also no one at the White House ordered the slow down of the speed of Ukraine’s access to Starlink to prevent it from being used on drones flying faster than 100mph, referring to Starshield, the military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet network.
– “The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy,” Rubio said, noting that the economic restrictions involved a number of countries, not just Russia.
Pointing to high energy prices and the Iran war, “we need that period of time to sort of study all this and figure out what the right combination is,” he said.
– Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation.
Republican Senator Rick Scott said it was clear Russia was the aggressor, and said the US had “to do everything we can to put economic pressure on Russia”.[1]
On the record
“Unfortunately, it seems to me that this cannot stop Putin; on the contrary, he feels joy and happiness that he has such support.” – Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s lead negotiator, Rustem Umerov, had met Friday with US presidential envoy Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.[1]
“President Trump has been clear that he wants to see this brutal war come to an end," White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement Saturday.[2]
How 5 outlets are reporting it
- Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seen (AP News)
- Trump Offers Putin Economic Relief in Hopes That Russia Will Return the Favor (The New York Times)
- Ukraine war briefing: Trump’s sanctions waiver is a ‘60-day pause’ to analyse economic impact, says Rubio (The Guardian)
- Trump signs order waiving Graham Act sanctions on Russia, drawing backlash from some lawmakers and Zelenskyy (ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos)
- Trump waives new Russia sanctions in the "national interests" (Axios)
What ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos reports
The new sanctions and tariffs were set to take effect in two days.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving new sanctions and tariffs on Russia required under the law named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, just two days before they were set to take effect.
It's the second time in as many weeks that Trump has waived sanctions on Russia as he turns to Russian President Vladimir Putin to help relieve rising diesel prices.[2]
What the official record says
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Earlier on Kemetic Minds
- Marco Rubio brushes off questions about Kimberly Guilfoyle pressing donor to pay credit card (2026-10-08)
How to Verify This Yourself
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References
- The Guardian. Ukraine war briefing: Trump’s sanctions waiver is a ‘60-day pause’ to analyse economic impact, says Rubio. ↩
- ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos. Trump signs order waiving Graham Act sanctions on Russia, drawing backlash from some lawmakers and Zelenskyy. ↩
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