TURNCOATS TO THE LEFT OF ME, TRAITORS TO THE RIGHT: The president’s rage is building. He keeps putting people in place with very clear instructions to help him do whatever he wants, and they keep disloyally zagging him.

At first glance, the legislation appears to give the Trump administration sweeping powers to punish Russia and any country willing to keep money flowing into the Kremlin’s coffers. In reality, it will serve as a litmus test of Trump’s willingness to put the squeeze on Vladimir Putin.

By Shivangi Acharya and Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - India has told Washington that new measures to levy tariffs over the purchase of Russian oil could impact bilateral ties, the South Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Thursday,

Trump’s tariff threat puts India’s Russian oil strategy- and its access to the US market - in a new bind.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that American and Polish officials have made “major progress” toward establishing a new U.S. Army base in Poland. Since his first term, Trump has steadily pressured fellow NATO members to increase their annual defense commitments.

“When pundits and analysts talk about the fundamentals favoring the Democrats in this midterm, they are mostly referring to the economy,” Republican pollster Daron Shaw, co-director of the poll, told Fox News. “Time is running out for the administration and its supporters to convince voters that things are improving.”