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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says the sanctions will show those who work against America's interests that their "actions have consequences."

House And Senate Reach Deal On Sanctions For Russia, Iran And North Korea

The sanctions would punish three countries; the bill also aims to prevent President Trump from relaxing sanctions without lawmakers' consent. A House vote is expected on Tuesday.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified on Capitol Hill last month that any suggestion that he colluded with Russia to interfere in the U.S. presidential election was an "appalling and detestable lie."

U.S. Intercepts Reportedly Contradict Attorney General On Russia Contacts

The Washington Post reports that spy agencies intercepted communications involving Russia's U.S. ambassador that suggest he and Sessions discussed campaign matters during mid-2016 meetings.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions as he was sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in June. He testified that suggestions that he colluded with Russia to interfere in the U.S. presidential election was a "contemptible lie."

U.S. Intercepts Reportedly Contradict Attorney General On Russia Contacts

The Washington Post reports that spy agencies intercepted conversations with Russia's U.S. ambassador suggesting he and Jeff Sessions discussed campaign matters during mid-2016 meetings.

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a Cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Wednesday.

In Putin's Russia, An 'Adhocracy' Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability

Donald Trump Jr. found his meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya a waste of time, but her approach fits into a larger pattern of freelance political activity that has come to characterize Putin's Russia.

In Putin's Russia, An 'Adhocracy' Marked By Ambiguity And Plausible Deniability

Donald Trump Jr. found his meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya a waste of time, but her approach fits into a larger pattern of freelance political activity that has come to characterize Putin's Russia.

The U.S. is planning to ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, tourism companies say. Earlier this week, Korean People's Army soldiers walked past portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung (left) and Kim Jong-Il at the Korean Revolutionary Museum in Pyongyang.

State Department Confirms Plan To Ban U.S. Citizens From Visiting North Korea

The new policy will reportedly include the threat of canceling the passports of Americans who violate the travel ban.

Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon walk around the grounds of Brezhnev's country home by the Black Sea in Yalta, Russia, in June 1974. Nixon had some meetings with Brezhnev without a U.S. interpreter, a practice that can lead to problems.

Trump's Recently Disclosed Putin Conversation Is 'Nixon All Over Again'

Two interpreters who served a number of U.S. presidents say a secrecy-obsessed Richard Nixon was the only recent president to routinely dispense with interpreters.

President Gerald Ford shakes hands with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev on Nov. 24, 1974, in a meeting in the Soviet city of Vladivostok. Several weeks later, Ford signed a law that would place restrictions on Soviet trade with the U.S. for nearly four decades.

U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Never Go Away — They Just Evolve

When it comes to sanctions, the Cold War never really ended. As President Barack Obama lifted Soviet-era restrictions, he put in new ones. President Trump could soon find a sanctions bill on his desk.

U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Never Go Away — They Just Evolve

When it comes to sanctions, the Cold War never really ended. As President Barack Obama lifted Soviet-era restrictions, he put in new ones. President Trump could soon find a sanctions bill on his desk.

Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon walk around the grounds of Brezhnev's dacha by the Black Sea in Yalta, in June 1974.

Trump's Recently Disclosed Putin Conversation Is 'Nixon All Over Again'

Two interpreters who served a number of U.S. presidents, say a secrecy-obsessed Richard Nixon was the only president to routinely dispense with interpreters.

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