The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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The Trump administration posted more political ads on YouTube, appearing to defy a court order that blocked the ads from airing.

President Donald Trump has changed the geography of inflation. After years of consumer prices rising faster in big US cities, Trump’s war against Iran and global tariffs have made rural America ground zero for the fallout from the inflation bomb — and at a particularly tricky time for Republicans as they try to defend their House and Senate majorities in the midterm elections that are less than three weeks away.