Author: David Jackson and Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY

Gordon Sondland had served as ambassador to the EU and had provided pivotal testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, as had Alexander Vindman.

The new sanctions are the latest move in a series of actions that reflect escalating tensions that nearly brought the two nations to the brink of war.

Vladimir Putin says a meeting with Donald Trump might be useful after Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of a nuclear treaty.