BND - Trump waives new Russia sanctions under Graham Act

🗞️ Story file #581

Trump waives new Russia sanctions under Graham Act

Oct 16, 11 PM ET to Oct 17, 6 PM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

44outlets carried it
🫏19 · 11 · 12🐘left · center · right
19 hourson the front pages
43front pages at once, at its peak
107 minof TV captions
9radio newscasts

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 16, 11 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 16, 11 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 17, 5 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 17, 6 PM ETpeak: on 43 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 16, 11 PM to Oct 17, 6 PM ET (peak 43), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 4 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, Newsmax, PBS NewsHour)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire

💬 quoted: “wrong” 2 “beyond irresponsible” “could have helped enormously” “Everyone in America” “Beyond irresponsible” 2 “in the Tank” “rewarding Putin” “every voice in support of it matters”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 sanctions passed 🫏 citing national

✏️ 25 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (3 wordings): “Trump signs order waiving new sanctions on Russia” → “Trump waives Graham Act sanctions on Russia, drawing backlash from some lawmakers”
AP (6 wordings): “Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interest” → “Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia put on hold by Trump”
Axios (3 wordings): “Trump waives new Russia sanctions in the "national interests"” → “Trump's Russia waiver draws instant bipartisan backlash”
BBC (2 wordings): “Trump waives several Russia sanctions as new US law takes effect” → “Trump waives several Russia sanctions as row with Zelensky intensifies”
Bloomberg (4 wordings): “Trump Waives Russia Energy Tariffs, Sanctions in Graham Law” → “Trump’s Russia Sanctions Waiver Called Mistake by GOP Allies”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “Russia Restarts Diesel Exports After Deal with Trump” → “Zelensky Says Trump's Move to Pause Russian Sanctions Will Encourage Putin”
CNBC (2 wordings): “Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions and tariffs under Graham Act, citing national interest” → “Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions, Zelenskyy condemns it as 'wrong'”
CNN (6 wordings): “Breaking News Trump waives Russia-related sanctions before they even kick in as Ukraine ties worsen” → “Zelensky and US lawmakers decry Trump waiving Russia-related sanctions”
Chicago Tribune (3 wordings): “President Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold” → “President Donald Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, but no quick counter seen”
Fox Business (2 wordings): “Trump waives many Russian sanctions, tariffs under new law backed by Lindsey Graham” → “Trump waives sweeping sanctions under law backed by Sen Lindsey Graham”
HuffPost (6 wordings): “Trump Puts New Russia Sanctions That He Recently Signed Into Law On Hold, Citing National Interest” → “Zelenskyy Urges Support For New U.S. Sanctions On Russia Put On Hold By Trump”
Just the News (2 wordings): “Trump signs executive order putting new sanctions against Russia under Lindsey Graham Act on hold” → “Zelenskyy calls for stronger sanctions against Russia after Trump’s decision to put some on hold”
Mediaite (5 wordings): “Trump Shields Russia From New Sanctions Passed by Congress in Lindsay Graham’s Name” → “Critics Aghast as Trump Shields Russia From Congressional Sanctions Bill Named for Lindsey Graham — and Claim US President Is ‘in the Tank’ for Putin”
NBC News (3 wordings): “BREAKING: Trump suspends new Russia sanctions a week after announcing diesel deal with Putin” → “Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘rewarding Putin’ as he suspends Russia sanctions”
New York Post (4 wordings): “President Trump paused a congressional Russia sanctions package in the national interest, shortly after announcing a deal for Russian diesel.” → “GOP and Dem lawmakers accuse Trump of ‘surrender’ to Putin after prez waived sanctions”
New York Times (2 wordings): “Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation” → “Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law”
Newsmax (5 wordings): “Trump Waives Many Russia Sanctions, Tariffs” → “Trump's Russia Sanctions Waiver Angers Congress”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Trump Waives New Russia Sanctions One Week After Diesel Deal” → “Republicans Turn on Trump Over Russia Sanctions Waiver”
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (2 wordings): “Trump Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect” → “3 Trump Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Trump waives key Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they take effect under new law” → “Zelenskiy criticizes Trump's waiver of sanctions on Russia as 'wrong'”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine” → “Trump pauses new Russia sanctions passed by Congress amid deepening row with Ukraine”
The Hill (4 wordings): “GOP lawmakers bash Trump’s decision to waive Russia sanctions: ‘Beyond ...” → “Zelensky says Russian sanctions Trump waived ‘could have helped enormously’”
The Sun (2 wordings): “DON'S CALL Trump halts key Russia sanctions days after agreeing diesel deal with Putin THE US president said the move was in the national interest, after signing an executive order on Friday to waive the restrictions.” → “DON'S CALL Trump halts sweeping Russia sanctions before they kick in just a week after agreeing huge diesel deal with Putin”
The Washington Sun (2 wordings): “Trump Waives New Russia Sanctions, Citing National Interest” → “Lawmakers Outraged With Trump's Decision to Waive Russian Sanctions”
Yahoo News (4 wordings): “Trump signs executive order pausing Russia sanctions passed by Congress” → “GOP lawmaker calls Trump's decision to waive Russia sanctions 'beyond irresponsible'”