Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out about the silver lining from years of U.S. imposed economic sanctions.

Year after year, every time that there was an unproven, poorly-sourced rumour about Russia, Democrats demanded new sanctions.

The media is obsessed with our standoff with China, but just as important is Washington's aggressive and hostile policy against our European allies, like Germany.

The Trump administration's policy of all-stick/no-carrot continues to fail.
This time with Iran.

This was an unusual headline to see on the NY Times.

own goal
noun: (in soccer) a goal scored inadvertently when the ball is struck into the goal by a player on the defensive team.

If you thought that the defense budget was completely out-of-control and couldn't get any worse, think again. The new, "totally bipartisan" defense bill is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with our political system.
The reasons are too numerous to count, so I'll just stick to the highlights.

Congress is looking to impose new sanctions on Russia and any company that works with Russia.

Europe has largely failed to do what is necessary to save the Iran nuclear deal.
However, someone else has stood up for Iran against U.S. sanctions.