Sanctions Coverage

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending April 25

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending April 18

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending March 29

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

US preparing to implement sanctions against Russia after death of Putin critic

The U.S. is now preparing for sanctions against Russia amid growing backlash to Alexei Navalny's death and the Ukraine war.

NBC News

Senate votes to suspend normal trade relations and ban Russian gas and oil

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to strip Moscow of its preferential trade status and to ban the import of Russian energy into the United States, moving to further penalize Russia's economy in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Catie Edmondson, New York Times

NC Treasurer asks Congress to make it easier for states to seize Russian assets

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants Congress to update a 1976 law so state pension funds could seek economic damages for losses resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter, and Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

NC pension fund holds $80M in Russian assets. Why divesting might not be possible

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell says much of its money benefitting Russia is tied up in larger funds or inaccessible.

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter

Trump threatens China with $300B in new sanctions

President Trump is threatening to hit China with more tariffs and that could hit Americans right in the wallet.

Iran's protests might stop Trump from scrapping nuclear deal

The theater and flourish may again soon pass.

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh (CNN)