{
  "id": 313201,
  "title": "US Senate passes Russia sanctions bill championed by Lindsey Graham",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/us-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-bill-championed-by-lindsey-graham",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T20:22:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/russia-sanctions-senate-passed-petroleum"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Senate has approved a bill aimed at punishing Russia and countries that buy its petroleum exports over the invasion of Ukraine. The bill, renamed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia Act in honor of late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, was approved by an 86-11 vote. According to The Guardian US, Rand Paul of Kentucky was the sole Republican to oppose the legislation, together with 10 Democrats.\n\nThe bill allows the President to impose 100% tariffs on the world's top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including India, China, and Turkey, as reported by the Times of India. It also targets countries helping Russia evade energy sanctions, Russian banks, officials, and so-called oligarchs and shadow fleet of tankers. The legislation now heads to the House.\n\nThe bill was championed by Lindsey Graham, who spent his final days working to advance it. Graham died on July 11, and the bill has been named in his honor. The Senate's approval of the bill was by a large, bipartisan margin.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "'Time to act is now' — US Senate passes long-delayed Russia sanctions bill targeting energy buyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/time-to-act-is-now-us-senate-passes-long-delayed-russia-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-07T15:52:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Senate passes bill to fund government in bid to avert shutdown ahead of midterm elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-passes-bill-to-fund-government-in-bid-to-avert-shutdown-ahead",
        "published": "2026-08-08T14:20:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}