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Surprise Russia diesel deal spurned by growing number of GOP senators
A growing number of Senate Republicans are criticizing President Trump’s surprise deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import 2.2 million tons of Russian diesel into the U.S. market. At least eight Republican senators have expressed public concerns over the deal, which would pave the way fo
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CBS News and NPR both center the diesel deal, but they frame it differently. CBS News foregrounds bipartisan senators condemning it as a “betrayal” of Ukraine and urging Trump to withdraw and rescind the sanctions waiver, while NPR shifts the focus to the U.S. market and asks whether more Russian diesel could lower prices. The senators’ criticism appears only in CBS News’ extract.
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